In the seventh year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1868),10/June, Shanghai brought several bicycles from Europe for the first time, which were recreational vehicles for people to sit in their cars and walk on tiptoe.

In the 13th year of Tongzhi (1874), Milla, a Frenchman, transported a rickshaw from Japan to Shanghai. This kind of rickshaw is called "Oriental rickshaw" and becomes a means of transportation because of its yellow color.

1897, China began to import bicycles from Britain; Students who originally set up stalls to repair carriages and rickshaws,

During the period of 1937, the Japanese successively set up bicycle factories in China, Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenyang, but the output was very small.

1940 Shanghai Bicycle Factory (predecessor of Shanghai Permanent Co., Ltd.) was established, which enabled China to have its own brand bicycle manufacturer.