Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kafin cibiyar zirga-zirgar ababen hawa, an gyara Filin jirgin saman Hongqiao a cikin 1964 a matsayin sabon babban filin jirgin saman Shanghai. A shekara ta 2005, Ma'aikatar Jiragen Ruwa ta Sin da gwamnatin birni ta Shanghai sun gabatar da ra'ayin Hongqiao cikakken cibiyar sufuri. Kamfanin Shanghai Rainbow Investment Corp. an kafa shi ne a 2006 ta gwamnatin Shanghai don ya zama shi kadai ne ke da izini da ke da alhakin aikin gini da ci gaban cibiyar. A matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin samar da kayayyakin more rayuwa na
World Expo 2010, an kammala cibiyar kafin ƙarshen 2009 kuma an fara amfani da ita kafin baje kolin a 2010.