Shanghai Port is famous as the trade port since 1840s, but even now the construction process of this port is not very clear. So this paper is to make the problem clear by focusing on the construction of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Hongkew Mail Wharf in 1880s. As known, Hongkew mail wharf was the first wharf of the Modern Japan in Shanghai, and to Japan, WHARF was thought as one of the basic and important conditions of Shanghai Advancement.
As a new comer to Shanghai port, Nippon Yusen Kaisha was very difficult to build wharf facilities in Hongkew harbor. In order to place their new pontoons and landing spaces, after leased the waterfront of the Shanghai Japan Consulate which was next to Hongkew Mail wharf, Nippon Yusen Kaisha had to negotiate with the Municipal Council of international settlement. Because Hongkew Mail Wharf located at the North Yangtze Road complex, where Woo Chang road pontoon that used by many Chinese also existed. And the Municipal Council who built the North Yangtze Road did not agree Nippon Yusen Kaisha to place their new facilities opposite the road. Because they thought when Nippon Yusen's facilities placed, the access from Wang Po River to North Yangtze road or Woo Chang Road pontoon will be closed, and results that foreigner boats or Chinese boats can not use the waterfront of Hongkew Harbor.
So how did Nippon Yusen Kaisha solute those problems? Here, we focused on the company's negotiation strategy and the arrangement of their new pontoons' proposal to get permission from Municipal Council. Only through these analyzes, it is thought that the construction process of HongKew Mail wharf and the mean of the work carried out by Nippon Yusen Kaisha in Modern Period will be clear.
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