Which district did Luwan District merge into?

Luwan District merged into Huangpu District, June 8, 2011, the State Council agreed to the entire territory of the former Luwan District, the entire territory of the former Huangpu District merged into the new Shanghai Huangpu District unified management, the abolition of the establishment of Shanghai Luwan District.

The merger of the three districts, Huangpu, Luwan and Jing'an, was initially due to the inconvenience caused by unified planning; Nanjing Road, for example, belongs to two districts to the east and west, and often the Huangpu district wanted to do this and the Jing'an district wanted to do that, which slowed down its development.

After the baptism of the World Expo, the old riverside area of Luwan District has been refreshed, and the positioning of the three districts has become closer to the core of commerce, finance, services and tourism, and the urgent need for overall planning and rational layout has become more prominent.

The cultural history of Luwan District

Luwan District is one of the areas in Shanghai that best reflects the integration and exchange of eastern and western cultures, whether it is Xiafei Road, which was known as the Oriental Champs Elysées Street in the 1930s, or the 18 outstanding European-style conservation buildings and small houses covered with green trees under the blue sky and white clouds scattered in the area.

It once attracted dozens of famous scholars intellectuals and artists who are renowned at home and abroad in recent times, such as Ba Jin, Mei Lanfang, Liu Yazi, Guo Moruo, Xu Guangping, Xu Zhimo, Yu Dafu, Liu Haisu, etc., to live and work here.