Anting

This article is about the town. For the biological behaviour related to ants, see Anting (bird activity).

Anting 安亭镇
Town
Anting Location in Shanghai
Coordinates: 31°17′18″N 121°09′44″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Shanghai
District	Jiading
Village-level divisions	20 residential communities 43 villages
Area
• Total	89.28 km^2 (34.47 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	201805
Area code	0021

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 96,000^[when?] inhabitants and, after the July 2009 merger of Huangdu (黄渡镇), an area of 89.28 km² (34.47 sq mi).^[1]

Overview

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.^[2] 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, a 15-minute drive away. The Shanghai Auto Museum is also located here, on Boyuan Road.

Subdivisions

As of 2011^[update], Anting is divided into 20 residential communities (社区) and 43 villages,^[3] 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).^[4]

German Town

Anting New Town

The first phase of Anting New Town construction will be completed in June 2007, with the second phase slated to begin before the end of 2007, the latter spanning three years. Upon completion the hope is that the resulting town will be a modern community, with a noticeably German urban aesthetic, with a capacity of over 50,000 residents. However, amid tentative financial troubles and poor sales of housing and retail, the phase 2 of Anting New Town may be delayed.

German Town is modelled on a modern German-style town with colourful Bauhaus-type buildings. The district was designed by Frankfurt-based architecture firm Albert Speer & Partner. Speer is the son of the eponymous architect who was Hitler’s chief architect during World War II.

Transportation

Anting is served by Line 11 of the Shanghai Metro, connected to the Lifehub shopping center Anting Station. Anting North Railway Station is on the Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway.

Accommodation

The first 5* International hotel, Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf, opened its doors in Anting, Jiading District on 4 September 2012.^{[citation needed]} It is located at 6555 Boyuan Road.

Entertainment

Lifehub@Anting, an entertainment complex located just beside the Metro Line 11, provides numerous Clothing outlets, local and international restaurants and coffee shops, a supermarket, film theatre, etc.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Shanghai

References

1. 市政府批准嘉定设立新的安亭镇^{[permanent dead link‍]}，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. "Anting New Town: Car museum, cafes and homes, but no people". [Travel CNN]. CNN. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
3. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：安亭镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
4. Anting German Town: Chinas deutsche Geisterstadt, by Yang Xifan. Spiegel Online, 07.10.2011