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The first 5* International hotel opened its door in Anting, [[Jiading District]] on the 4th September 2012.
The first 5* International hotel opened its door in Anting, [[Jiading District]] on the 4th September 2012.
[[The Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf]]. It is located on No. 6555 Boyuan Road
[[Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf]]. It is located on No. 6555 Boyuan Road

==Entertainment==

The Lifehub@Anting which is entertainment complex located just beside the Metro Line 11, provides numerous Clothing outlets, Local & International restaurant & coffee shops, Supermarket, movie theatre & more.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 07:52, 19 July 2013

Anting
安亭镇
CountryPeople's Republic of China
MunicipalityShanghai
DistrictJiading
Village-level divisions20 residential communities
43 villages
Area
 • Total
89.28 km2 (34.47 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
201805
Area code0021

Anting (Chinese: 安亭; pinyin: Āntíng; lit. 'Pavilion of peace') is a town in Jiading District, Shanghai, bordering Kunshan, Jiangsu to the west. It has 52,800[when?] inhabitants and, after the July 2009 merger of Huangdu (黄渡镇), an area of 89.28 km2 (34.47 sq mi).[1]

Anting is one of the centres of the Chinese automotive industry; it is home to Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation and includes the German/Chinese joint venture: Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive. This enterprise has the largest market share of passenger cars in China.

The Shanghai International Circuit, China's first Formula One race track, is located near the town.

Subdivisions

As of 2011, Anting is divided into 20 residential communities (社区) and 43 villages,[2] among the most well-known of which is Tamiao (塔庙村), which is nicknamed the "Auto City". In the southern part of town, an extension of "Anting Auto City" called "Anting New Town" (安亭新镇) is being built in the fashion of "Anting German Town" (安亭德国镇).[3]

Anting New Town

The first phase of Anting new town construction will completed around June 2007, and the second phase is planned to start before the end of 2007, and the duration is about three years. After the whole project is done, a lovely and quiet town will be a modern community of more than 50,000 people. But there is also a possibility of delaying phase 2 project in Anting New Town due to the financial reasons and poor sales.

Transportation

Accomodation

The first 5* International hotel opened its door in Anting, Jiading District on the 4th September 2012. Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf. It is located on No. 6555 Boyuan Road

Entertainment

The Lifehub@Anting which is entertainment complex located just beside the Metro Line 11, provides numerous Clothing outlets, Local & International restaurant & coffee shops, Supermarket, movie theatre & more.

References

  1. ^ 市政府批准嘉定设立新的安亭镇,上海嘉定政府门户网,2009年7月3日,于2009年7月4日查阅
  2. ^ "2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:安亭镇" (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  3. ^ Anting German Town: Chinas deutsche Geisterstadt, by Yang Xifan. Spiegel Online, 07.10.2011