Editing Shanghai (section)

==Politics==
{{Main|Politics of Shanghai|Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|Shanghai Municipal People's Government}}

===Structure===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"
|+ Current leaders of the Shanghai Municipal Government
|-
!
! style="width:25%" |[[File:Danghui.svg|25px]]
! style="width:25%" |[[File:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg|25px]]
! style="width:25%" |[[File:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg|25px]]
! style="width:25%" |[[File:Charter of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) logo.svg|25px]]
|-
! Title
| style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Party Secretary of Shanghai|CCP Committee Secretary]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Shanghai Municipal People's Congress|SMPC]] Chairwoman'''
| style="text-align:center;" |'''[[List of mayors of Shanghai|Mayor]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Shanghai [[CPPCC]] Chairman'''
|-
! Name
| [[Chen Jining]]
| [[Huang Lixin]]
| [[Gong Zheng]]
| [[Hu Wenrong]]
|-
! [[Ancestral home (Chinese)|Ancestral home]]
| [[Lishu County|Lishu]], [[Jilin]]|| [[Suqian]], [[Jiangsu]]|| [[Suzhou, Jiangsu]] || [[Putian]], [[Fujian]]
|-
! Born
| {{Birth year and age|1964|02}}|| {{Birth year and age|1962|08}}|| {{Birth year and age|1960|03}} || {{Birth year and age|1964|07}}
|-
! Assumed office
| October 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 2022 |title=CPC reshuffles Shanghai Party chief-Xinhua |url=https://english.news.cn/20221028/cd72233d5f004d17896195dd8c0a7d4d/c.html |access-date=28 October 2022 |website=Xinhua News Agency |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028025233/https://english.news.cn/20221028/cd72233d5f004d17896195dd8c0a7d4d/c.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| January 2024<ref>{{cite news |title= |script-title=zh:黄莉新当选上海市人大常委会主任 |trans-title=Huang Lixin was elected chairwoman of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/20240124/fd33d8cccb1c44e894d6c0525db66603/c.html%BB%E3%80%82 |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |language=zh-cn}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
| March 2020<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/znews/greater-china/story20200324-1039566|script-title=zh:龚正正式出任上海代市长|publisher=[[Lianhe Zaobao]]|date=24 March 2020|access-date=24 March 2020|language=zh-cn|archive-date=24 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324072716/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/znews/greater-china/story20200324-1039566|url-status=live}}</ref>
| January 2023<ref name="Dong Yunhu">{{cite news |date=14 January 2023 |title= |script-title=zh:胡文容当选上海市政协主席 |trans-title=Hu Wenrong has been elected chairman of Shanghai CPPCC |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/2023-01/14/c_1129284688.htm |access-date=26 February 2024 |language=zh-CN |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114182654/http://www.news.cn/politics/2023-01/14/c_1129284688.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
[[File:Shanghai Government Building.jpg|thumb|Shanghai Municipal Government building]]

Like all [[Politics of China|governing institutions in mainland China]], Shanghai has a parallel party-government system,<ref name="PoliticalSystem">{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41007.pdf|title=Understanding China's Political System|last1=Lawrence|first1=Susan|last2=Martin|first2=Michael|date=20 March 2013|website=Federation of American Scientists|publisher=Congressional Research Service|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108131300/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41007.pdf|archive-date=8 January 2012|access-date=28 September 2019}}</ref> in which the [[Party Secretary of Shanghai|CCP Committee Secretary]], officially termed the [[Chinese Communist Party]] Shanghai Municipal Committee Secretary, outranks the [[List of mayors of Shanghai|Mayor]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/5316277.html |script-title=zh:党委书记权力究竟有多大？|trans-title=How much power does a Party Secretary really have?|date=23 January 2007|script-work=zh:人民论坛|publisher=[[People's Daily]] Press|language=zh-cn|access-date=29 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702211524/http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/5316277.html|archive-date=2 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP committee]] acts as the top policy-formulation body, and is typically composed of 12 members (including the secretary), and has control over the [[Shanghai Municipal People's Government]].<ref>{{cite web |title= |script-title=zh:中国共产党上海市委员会 |url=https://www.shtong.gov.cn/difangzhi-front/book/detailNew?oneId=2&bookId=344775&parentNodeId=344809&nodeId=641948&type=-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425132615/https://www.shtong.gov.cn/difangzhi-front/book/detailNew?oneId=2&bookId=344775&parentNodeId=344809&nodeId=641948&type=-1 |archive-date=25 April 2024 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=shtong.gov.cn |publisher=Shanghai Municipal Government |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://district.ce.cn/zt/rwk/sf/sh/sw/201303/15/t20130315_767698.shtml |script-title=zh:上海市委常委名单+简历|publisher=经济日报-中国经济网|date=4 September 2019|access-date=14 October 2019|language=zh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501050811/http://district.ce.cn/zt/rwk/sf/sh/sw/201303/15/t20130315_767698.shtml|archive-date=1 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Political power in Shanghai has frequently been a stepping stone to higher positions in the central government. Since [[Jiang Zemin]] became the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] in June 1989, all former Shanghai party secretaries but one were elevated to the [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo Standing Committee]], the ''de facto'' highest decision-making body in China,<ref name="PoliticalSystem" /> including Jiang himself (Party General Secretary),<ref>{{cite news |title=Profile: Jiang Zemin |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1832448.stm |newspaper=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2011 |date=19 September 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119135557/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1832448.stm |archive-date=19 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Zhu Rongji]] (Premier),<ref>{{cite news |title=The Former Premier Who Ended China's 'Splendid Isolation' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/19/world/the-former-premier-who-ended-china-s-splendid-isolation.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 March 2003 |access-date=13 September 2011 |first=Joseph |last=Kahn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126122757/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/19/world/the-former-premier-who-ended-china-s-splendid-isolation.html |archive-date=26 November 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wu Bangguo]] (NPC Chairman),<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of Wu Bangguo |url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/20 |publisher=China Vitae |access-date=14 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122041621/http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/20 |archive-date=22 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Huang Ju]] (Vice Premier),<ref>{{cite news |title=Huang Ju, Powerful Chinese Official, Dies at 68 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/world/asia/02huang.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 June 2007 |access-date=13 September 2011 |first=Jim |last=Yardley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717152632/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/world/asia/02huang.html |archive-date=17 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Xi Jinping]] (current General Secretary),<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of Xi Jinping |url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Xi_Jinping |publisher=China Vitae |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014020753/http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Xi_Jinping |archive-date=14 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Yu Zhengsheng]] (CPPCC Chairman),<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of Yu Zhengsheng |url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Yu_Zhengsheng |publisher=China Vitae |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014020754/http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Yu_Zhengsheng |archive-date=14 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Han Zheng]] (Vice Premier and Vice President),<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of Han Zheng |url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Han_Zheng |publisher=China Vitae |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014020755/http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Han_Zheng |archive-date=14 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Li Qiang]] (Premier). [[Zeng Qinghong]], a former deputy party secretary of Shanghai, also rose to the Politburo Standing Committee and became the Vice President and an influential power broker.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Graft Inquiry, Chinese See a Shake-Up Coming |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/world/asia/04corrupt.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 October 2006 |access-date=13 September 2011 |first=Joseph |last=Kahn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218084726/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/world/asia/04corrupt.html |archive-date=18 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Li Xi (politician)|Li Xi]], another former deputy party secretary of Shanghai, has become the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of [[Central Commission for Discipline Inspection|CCDI]] member in 2022. The only exception is [[Chen Liangyu]], who was fired in 2006 and later convicted of [[Corruption in China|corruption]].<ref>{{cite news |title = Former Shanghai Party chief gets 18-year term for bribery |url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/11/content_7959627.htm |work = [[Xinhua News]] |date = 11 April 2008 |access-date = 13 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091206061210/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/11/content_7959627.htm |archive-date = 6 December 2009}}</ref>

Officials with ties to the Shanghai administration collectively form a powerful faction in the central government known as the [[Shanghai Clique]], which has often been viewed as competing against the rival [[Youth League Faction]] over personnel appointments and policy decisions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Factions Help Drive Modern China History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/business/global/25iht-rshanpol.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=25 February 2010 |access-date=13 September 2011 |first=Ted |last=Plafker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012200255/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/business/global/25iht-rshanpol.html |archive-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, Xi Jinping, successor to [[Hu Jintao]] as General Secretary and [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]], was largely an independent leader and took [[Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping|anti-corruption campaigns]] on both factions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Xi Jinping has no need of factions in the Communist Party |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/1999155/why-xi-jinping-has-no-need-factions-communist-party |newspaper=This Week in Asia |last=Wang |first=Xiangwei |date=8 August 2016 |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014020753/https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/1999155/why-xi-jinping-has-no-need-factions-communist-party |archive-date=14 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions===
{{Main|List of administrative divisions of Shanghai|List of township-level divisions of Shanghai}}
Shanghai is one of the four [[Direct-administered municipalities of China|municipalities]] under the direct administration of the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China|Central People's Government]],<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.gov.cn/test/2009-04/17/content_1288035.htm
|trans-title = Administrative divisions in China – Provincial-level administrative divisions
|script-title = zh:中国的行政区划——省级行政单位
|publisher = The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
|language = zh-Hans
|date = 17 April 2009
|access-date = 31 August 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150715231343/http://www.gov.cn/test/2009-04/17/content_1288035.htm
|archive-date = 15 July 2015
|url-status = live
}}</ref> and is divided into 16 [[county-level division|county-level]] [[district of China|districts]].

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="8" |Administrative divisions of Shanghai
|-
|colspan="8" |<div class="center" style="position: relative">
{{Image label begin|image=Administrative Division Shanghai.png|width=600|link=}}
{{Image label|x=1260|y=1610|scale=600/2600|text=[[Huangpu District, Shanghai|{{small|'''Huangpu'''}}]]}}
{{Image label|x=1160|y=1740|scale=600/2600|text=[[Xuhui District|'''Xuhui''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1020|y=1650|scale=600/2600|text=[[Changning District|{{small|'''Changning'''}}]]}}
{{Image label|x=1150|y=1440|scale=600/2600|text=[[Jing'an District|{{small|'''Jing'an'''}}]]}}
{{Image label|x=1110|y=1530|scale=600/2600|text=[[Putuo District, Shanghai|'''Putuo''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1300|y=1500|scale=600/2600|text=[[Hongkou District|{{small|'''Hongkou'''}}]]}}
{{Image label|x=1360|y=1420|scale=600/2600|text={{small|[[Yangpu District|'''Yangpu''']]}}}}
{{Image label|x=1210|y=1970|scale=600/2600|text=[[Minhang District|'''Minhang''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1130|y=1210|scale=600/2600|text=[[Baoshan District, Shanghai|'''Baoshan''']]}}
{{Image label|x=790|y=1280|scale=600/2600|text=[[Jiading District|'''Jiading''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1700|y=1890|scale=600/2600|text='''[[Pudong]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=810|y=2580|scale=600/2600|text=[[Jinshan District|'''Jinshan''']]}}
{{Image label|x=730|y=2100|scale=600/2600|text=[[Songjiang District|'''Songjiang''']]}}
{{Image label|x=480|y=1810|scale=600/2600|text=[[Qingpu District, Shanghai|'''Qingpu''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1450|y=2370|scale=600/2600|text=[[Fengxian District|'''Fengxian''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1300|y=610|scale=600/2600|text=[[Chongming District|'''Chongming''']]}}
{{Image label|x=480|y=560|scale=600/2600|text=[[Jing'an District|''' ''']]}}
{{Image label|x=480|y=640|scale=600/2600|text=[[Hongkou District|''' ''']]}}
{{Image label end}}</div>
|-
!! scope="col" |[[Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China|Division code]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/index.html |script-title=zh:国家统计局统计用区划代码 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China]] |language = zh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405092331/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/index.html |archive-date=5 April 2013}}</ref>
!! scope="col" |Division
!! scope="col" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name="SHSTAT2018:2.2">{{cite web |title=Shanghai Statistical Yearbook 2023 |url=https://tjj.sh.gov.cn/tjnj/nj23.htm?d1=2023tjnj/C0202.htm |publisher=Shanghai Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>
!! scope="col" |Total population 2022<ref name="SHSTAT2018:2.2" />
!! scope="col" |Seat
!! scope="col" |Postal code
|- style="font-weight: bold"
! 310000 !! Shanghai
|6,340.50 ||24,758,900 ||[[Huangpu District, Shanghai|Huangpu]] ||200000
|-
! 310101 !! [[Huangpu District, Shanghai|Huangpu]]
|20.46 ||507,800 ||Waitan Subdistrict ||200001
|-
! 310104 !! [[Xuhui District|Xuhui]]
|54.76 ||1,098,500 ||Xujiahui Subdistrict ||200030
|-
! 310105 !! [[Changning District|Changning]]
|38.30 ||684,600 ||[[Jiangsu Road Subdistrict, Shanghai|Jiangsu Road Subdistrict]] ||200050
|-
! 310106 !! [[Jing'an District|Jing'an]]
|36.88 ||940,500 ||Jiangning Road Subdistrict ||200040
|-
! 310107 !! [[Putuo District, Shanghai|Putuo]]
|54.83 ||1,242,900 ||Zhenru Town Subdistrict ||200333
|-
! 310109 !! [[Hongkou District|Hongkou]]
|23.48 ||681,900 ||Jiaxing Road Subdistrict ||200080
|-
! 310110 !! [[Yangpu District|Yangpu]]
|60.73 ||1,199,200 ||Pingliang Road Subdistrict ||200082
|-
! 310112 !! [[Minhang District|Minhang]]
|370.75 ||2,688,800 ||[[Xinzhuang, Shanghai|Xinzhuang town]] ||201100
|-
! 310113 !! [[Baoshan District, Shanghai|Baoshan]]
|270.99 ||2,271,900 ||Youyi Road Subdistrict ||201900
|-
! 310114 !! [[Jiading District|Jiading]]
|464.20 ||1,893,400 ||Xincheng Road Subdistrict ||201800
|-
! 310115 !! [[Pudong New Area|Pudong]]
|1,210.41 ||5,782,000 ||Huamu Subdistrict ||200135
|-
! 310116 !! [[Jinshan District|Jinshan]]
|586.05 ||823,700 ||Shanyang town ||201500
|-
! 310117 !! [[Songjiang District|Songjiang]]
|605.64 ||1,954,500 ||Fangsong Subdistrict ||201600
|-
! 310118 !! [[Qingpu District, Shanghai|Qingpu]]
|670.14 ||1,265,600 ||Xiayang Subdistrict ||201700
|-
! 310120 !! [[Fengxian District|Fengxian]]
|687.39 ||1,126,300 ||Nanqiao town ||201400
|-
! 310151 !! [[Chongming District|Chongming]]
|1,185.49 ||597,400 ||Chengqiao town ||202100
|}
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="5" |Divisions in Chinese and varieties of romanizations
|-
! English
! Chinese
! Pinyin
! Shanghainese Romanization
|-
! Shanghai Municipality
|{{lang|zh-hans|上海市}}
|Shànghǎi Shì
|zaon he zy
|-
! [[Huangpu District, Shanghai|Huangpu District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|黄浦区}}
|Huángpǔ Qū
|waon phu chiu
|-
! [[Xuhui District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|徐汇区}}
|Xúhuì Qū
|zi we chiu
|-
! [[Changning District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|长宁区}}
|Chángníng Qū
|zan nyin chiu
|-
! [[Jing'an District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|静安区}}
|Jìng'ān Qū
|zin oe chiu
|-
! [[Putuo District, Shanghai|Putuo District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|普陀区}}
|Pǔtuó Qū
|phu du chiu
|-
! [[Hongkou District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|虹口区}}
|Hóngkǒu Qū
|ghon kheu chiu
|-
! [[Yangpu District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|杨浦区}}
|Yángpǔ Qū
|yan phu chiu
|-
! [[Minhang District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|闵行区}}
|Mǐnháng Qū
|min ghaon chiu
|-
! [[Baoshan District, Shanghai|Baoshan District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|宝山区}}
|Bǎoshān Qū
|pau sae chiu
|-
! [[Jiading District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|嘉定区}}
|Jiādìng Qū
|ka din chiu
|-
! [[Pudong|Pudong New Area]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|浦东新区}}
|Pǔdōng Xīnqū
|phu ton sin chiu
|-
! [[Jinshan District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|金山区}}
|Jīnshān Qū
|cin se chiu
|-
! [[Songjiang District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|松江区}}
|Sōngjiāng Qū
|son kaon chiu
|-
! [[Qingpu District, Shanghai|Qingpu District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|青浦区}}
|Qīngpǔ Qū
|tsin phu chiu
|-
! [[Fengxian District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|奉贤区}}
|Fèngxián Qū
|von yi chiu
|-
! [[Chongming District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|崇明区}}
|Chóngmíng Qū
|dzon min chiu
|}

Although every district has its own urban core, the city hall and major administrative units are located in Huangpu District, which also serves as a commercial area, including the famous [[Nanjing Road (Shanghai)|Nanjing Road]]. Other major commercial areas include [[Xintiandi]] and [[Huaihai Road]]{{efn|historically "Avenue Joffre"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shsmi.cn/dmb/dmkw/8-4-3-1.htm |script-title=zh:纪念型 |script-work=zh:上海地名志 |trans-work=Shanghai Place Names |publisher=Shanghai Surveying and Mapping Institute |access-date=4 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425132556/http://www.shsmi.cn/dmb/dmkw/8-4-3-1.htm |archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>}} in Huangpu District, and Xujiahui{{efn|[[Shanghainese]] romanization: Xhigawhe, Zikawei, or Siccawei; {{IPA|wuu|ʑìkᴀ̋ɦuᴇ᷆|pronunciation:}}}} in [[Xuhui District]]. Many [[List of universities and colleges in Shanghai|universities in Shanghai]] are located in residential areas in Yangpu District and [[Putuo District, Shanghai|Putuo District]].

[[File:Openstreetmap central Shanghai.svg|thumb|Map of central Shanghai]]
Seven of the districts govern Puxi (<small>{{abbr|lit.|Literally}}</small>&nbsp;"The West Bank", or "West of the River Pu"), the older part of urban Shanghai on the west bank of the Huangpu River. These seven districts are collectively referred to as Shanghai Proper ({{lang|zh-hans|上海市区}}) or the core city ({{lang|zh|市中心}}), which comprise Huangpu, Xuhui, [[Changning District|Changning]], Jing'an, Putuo, Hongkou, and Yangpu.

Pudong (<small>{{abbr|lit.|Literally}}</small>&nbsp;"The East Bank", or "East of the River Pu"), the newer part of urban and suburban Shanghai on the east bank of the Huangpu River, is governed by [[Pudong New Area]] ({{lang|zh|浦东新区}}).{{efn|Chuansha County until 1992;<ref name="toponymy" /> merged with Nanhui District in 2009 with oversight of the Jiuduansha shoals<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2009-05/06/content_1306185.htm |script-title=zh:国务院同意撤销上海市南汇区 将其并入浦东新区 |work=[[Xinhua News]] |date=6 May 2009 |access-date=15 October 2019 |language=zh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015041348/http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2009-05/06/content_1306185.htm |archive-date=15 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Seven of the districts govern suburbs, satellite towns, and rural areas farther away from the urban core: Baoshan,{{efn|[[Baoshan County]] and [[Wusong District]] until 1988<ref name="toponymy" />}} [[Minhang District|Minhang]],{{efn|Original Minhang District and Shanghai County until 1992<ref name="toponymy" />}} Jiading,{{efn|Jiading County until 1992<ref name="toponymy" />}} Jinshan,{{efn|Jinshan County until 1997}} Songjiang,{{efn|Songjiang County until 1998}} Qingpu,{{efn|Qingpu County until 1999}} and Fengxian.{{efn|Fengxian County until 2001}}

Chongming District comprises the islands of Changxing and Hengsha and most—but not all{{efn|The absorption of the separate island of [[Yonglongsha]] by Chongming in the 1970s has produced a narrow [[List of enclaves and exclaves#Subnational pene-enclaves/exclaves (inaccessible districts)|pene-enclave]] of Jiangsu along about {{convert|20|km|sp=us}} of the northern shore of the island, separately administered as [[Nantong]]'s [[Haiyong Township|Haiyong]] and [[Qilong Township|Qilong]] [[township (PRC)|townships]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Office of Shanghai Chronicles |url=http://www.shtong.gov.cn/node2/node2245/node70862/node70867/node70902/node70906/userobject1ai73640.html |script-title=zh:岛、沙 |trans-title=Islands and Shoals |publisher=Shanghai Municipal Government |year=2015 |access-date=12 January 2015 |language=zh-cn |archive-date=6 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106052548/http://www.shtong.gov.cn/node2/node2245/node70862/node70867/node70902/node70906/userobject1ai73640.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}—of Chongming Island.

The former district of Nanhui was absorbed into Pudong District in 2009. In 2011, Luwan District merged with Huangpu District. {{As of|2015}}, these county-level divisions are further divided into the following 210 [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level|township-level divisions]]: 109 [[Town (China)|towns]], 2 [[Townships of the People's Republic of China|townships]], and 99 [[Subdistricts of China|subdistrict]]s. Those are in turn divided into the following [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Village level|village-level divisions]]: 3,661 neighborhood committees and 1,704 village committees.<ref>[http://www.shtong.gov.cn/node2/node19828/node82611/node82617/node82625/userobject1ai115500.html Shanghai Statistical Yearbook 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929144240/http://www.shtong.gov.cn/node2/node19828/node82611/node82617/node82625/userobject1ai115500.html |date=29 September 2011}}. Retrieved 18 July 2011</ref>

There is a sizable [[Korean community of Shanghai|Korean community]] and [[Japanese community of Shanghai|Japanese community]] in Shanghai, largely in the [[Minhang District]].