Nanhui District (), formerly romanized as Nanhwei, was a district of Shanghai until it was merged into Pudong New Area in May 2009. It had a land area of about and a coastline. The population of Nanhui was as of August 2006. On May 6, 2009, it was announced that the State Council of China had approved the proposal to merge Nanhui District into Pudong, which is also a district of Shanghai. History About 2000 years ago, the water of the Yangtze River ran to the south because of sea tide and met the Qiantang River so as to form the land near the Tang dynasty, so this district was named by Nanhuizui (Nan is South, Hui means converge, and Zui means mouth in Chinese). Nanhui County was established from Shanghai County in 1726. In 2001, Nanhui County was renamed Nanhui District. In May 2009 Nanhui was merged into Pudong New Area. Climate Economy Nanhui's GDP in 2006 is about US$4.5 billion. Per Capital Annual Total Income and Net Income of Rural Households is slightly more than US$1000. Public finance-revenue is about US$1.38 billion. In the past, Nanhui got the good rank in Public finance-revenue (the Top 10 of rich county in China). Foreign exchange through exports is about US$1.88 billion. Nanhui District is now special in developing the Yangshan international deep-water port in the southeast and Pudong International Airport in the northeast. Yangshan deep-water port is a new port in Shanghai. It is connected the Lingang New City with the East China Sea Bridge. It can help Shanghai become the Top 1 harbour city in the world. With the development of Yangshan port and Pudong airport, Nanhui District is developing very fast. Recently the center of Nanhui district enlarge its area to catch up with the development of Shanghai. Huanglu Town has been incorporated into the center of Nanhui. Medicine System Nanhui Zhongxin Yiyuan is very famous in Shanghai. The new center of Zhongxin Yiyuan is being built near the urban. wow Education Nanhui District started to build the College City, including the Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai Fisheries University, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai Top technique college and Shanghai I&C Foreign Languages College. Nanhui High School is famous in Shanghai. Many students have graduated and entered many good universities such as Tsinghua University, Fudan University, etc. Culture and travel There is a big "peach blossom" festival () held