The Circuit intendant of Shanghai was first installed in the 18th century, and there has been a new intendant each year since.
The circuit intendant or daotai of Shanghai, also formerly romanized as taotai or tao tai, was an imperial Chinese official who oversaw the circuit of Shanghai, then part of Jiangsu Province, in the Qing Empire. It was established in 1636, and ruled China proper from 1644 to 1912. 
