Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin cibiyar jigilar kayayyaki, 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 tsarin tsarin Expo na Duniya na 2010
, an kammala cibiyar kafin karshen shekara ta 2009 kuma an fara amfani da ita kafin baje kolin a shekarar 2010.