1850's:    Shanghai replaces Guangzhou as the largest import/export trade center in China

1865's:    "Park Lane", running from the Bund to the Racecourse, is formally renamed"Nanjing Road"; later it becomes the leading  commercial street in China

1897's:    China's first bank, The Imperial Bank of China, opens on the Bund

1908's:    China's first railroad car appears on Nanjing Road

1915's:    New World, China's first large-scale entertainment location, opens at the junction of Nanjing Road and Xizang Road

1927's:    Xinxin Company establishes a radio station and successfully conducts its trial broadcasting, becoming China's first private broadcasting station

1934's:    Construction is completed on the Park Hotel,considered the "finest building in the Far East"

1989's:    Grand Theater achieves top box office revenue in China for five consecutive years, becoming the "benchmark of the Chinese cinema market"

1999's:    The Nanjing Road Pedestrian Walk is launched, becoming the first in China and one of the largest in the world