List of Chinese treaty ports


In the 19th and early 20th century, these were the treaty ports in China.

I. Northern ports

II. [Yangtze] River ports

III. Central ports

PortTreatyOpen DateClosed DateChinese Population
Shanghai, in Kiang-su provinceNan-king Treaty, 1842opened officially 17 November 1843651,000
Su-chou, also in Kiang-suShimonoseki Treatyopened 26 September 1896500,000
Hang-chou, in Che-kiangShimonoseki Treatyopened 26 September 1896350,000
Ning-po, in Che-kiangShimonoseki Treatyopened 26 September 1896500,000
Wen-chou, also in Che-kiangChe-Fu Convention, 1876opened April, 187780,000

IV. South Coast ports

V. Frontier ports

According to the customs statistics, 6,917,000 Chinese inhabited the treaty ports in 1906. The foreign population included 1837 firms and 38,597 persons, mainly Europeans, Americans 3447, Brazilians 16, Japanese 15,548, Koreans 47, subjects of non-treaty powers 236.