<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngaphambi kokuba kube khona isikhungo sezokuthutha esihlanganisiwe, isikhumulo sezindiza i-Hongqiao savuselelwa ngo-1964 njengesikhumulo sezindiza esisha esikhulu saseShanghai. Ngo-2005, umqondo we-Hongqiao ephelele yokuhamba ngezimoto waphakanyiswa ngokusemthethweni nguMnyango Wezitimela waseChina kanye nohulumeni kamasipala waseShanghai. I-Shanghai Rainbow Investment Corp. yasungulwa ngo-2006 nguhulumeni waseShanghai ukuba yiyona kuphela inhlangano egunyaziwe ephethe iphrojekthi yokwakha nokuthuthukisa isikhungo. Njengengxenye yohlelo lwezingqalasizinda lwe-World Expo 2010  <response>: , ihabhu laqedwa ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-2009 futhi laqala ukusetshenziswa ngaphambi kwe-expo ngo-2010. 