'west of the (Hai) River")' is a district in the south-western corner of urban Tianjin, People's Republic of China.

[1] During the Northern Song dynasty, this area was on the border with Jin, and belonged to the Hechi county.

The region remained under the same administrative division through Yuan and Ming dynasty.

The concession was taken back by the Beiyang government in 1917, and made into the first special district.

During the Cultural Revolution, Hexi district was changed to Hongqi (Chinese: 红旗; lit.