海河联运在近代上海城乡经济的发展进程中,起了不可忽视的促进作用,它直接推动了民族资本船舶修造业和上海港区、城区的扩大和郊区市镇的发展,密切了上海及长江三角洲城乡间的经济联系。 In the process of economic development of urban and rural areas in modern Shanghai, the Haihe River transport plays an important role in promoting the development of the national capital shipbuilding industry, the expansion of the national capital shipping industry, the expansion of Shanghai’s port area and urban areas and the development of suburban towns and cities. Closely, Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta Economic relations between urban and rural areas.