Beihai has a long history. In the sixth year of Ding Yuan (BC 165438+ BC 0 1), Hepu County was established, and Beihai was an ancient Hepu County.

Qing Kangxi yuan

In 2000, the "Beihai Town Mark" was set up here, and the place names of Beihai began to be seen.

It is also said that the name "Beihai" is named because the northern part of the city is close to the sea.

Qin Mohan

At the beginning, Beihai Port, as a commercial port for maritime trade between China and Southeast Asia, West Asia and even Europe, became the "maritime silk" of China.

Road "is one of the ports of origin.

In the Song Dynasty, it became an important port for maritime trade with Vietnam and other countries.

During the Ming Dynasty, it was a foreign trade port.

Shore, and Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, India and other countries have trade, until the Qing Dynasty for more than 1000 years, economic and trade has been

Enduring.

During the period from 1796 to 1839, Beihai was prosperous in commerce and developed in fishery.

During the Qianlong period, the import and export trade at Beihai Port was empty.

Before, it became a land of wealth.

In the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), the annual trade tariff of Beihai reached 5 million taels of silver.

Eight years of Tongzhi, Beihai has

Fixed routes to Haikou, Guangzhou, Macau, Hong Kong, Haiphong, Saigon, Singapore and other places.

1876 The Sino-British Yantai Treaty listed Beihai, Yichang, Wenzhou and Wuhu as foreign trade ports.

Later Britain, Germany, France, etc.

Seven countries have established consulates in Beihai, and Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Portugal, Japan, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and other countries have established consulates in Beihai.

Foreign companies, shipyards, telegraph companies and shipping companies import goods from dozens of countries and regions to Beihai, which has become the southwest of modern China.

As an important commercial port in this region, 1929 saw 538 foreign ships coming to Hong Kong, with a throughput of 642,900 tons.

China was founded four years ago (19 15).

Beihai Branch of the Bank was established in the Republic of China 16 (1927).

1949 after the founding of new China, the administrative region of Beihai has undergone several changes in the ownership of Guangdong and Guangxi and the urban organizational system.

1965

In June 2006, it was placed under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and 1983 resumed the establishment of prefecture-level cities.

1984 was approved by the State Council in April.

One of the 14 coastal port cities that are further open to the outside world.

1July, 987, Hepu County was placed under the jurisdiction of Beihai City.