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Anting
Anting () is a town in Jiading District, Shanghai, bordering Kunshan, Jiangsu to the west. It has 96,000 inhabitants and, after the July 2009 merger of Huangdu (), an area of .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 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. 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. Subd ...
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Town (China)
When referring to Administrative divisions of China#Township level (4th), political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese (traditional: ; zh, p=zhèn , w=chen4). The Constitution of the People's Republic of China classifies towns as fourth-level administrative units, along with, for example, Townships of China, townships ( zh, s=乡 , p=xiāng). A township is typically smaller in population and more remote than a town. Similar to higher-level administrative units, the borders of a town would typically include an urban core (a small town with the population on the order of 10,000 people), as well as a rural area with some Villages of China, villages ( zh, labels=no, s=村 , p=cūn, or zh, labels=no, s=庄 , p=zhuāng). Map representation A typical provincial map would merely show a town as a circle centered at its urban area and labeled with its name, while a more detailed one (e.g., a map of a single county-level division) would also s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai International Circuit
The Shanghai International Circuit (), also called the SAIC Shanghai International Circuit () for sponsorship purposes, is a motorsport race track, situated in the Jiading District, Shanghai, China. The circuit is best known as the venue for the annual Chinese Grand Prix which was hosted from 2004 to 2019, and from 2024 onwards. Besides Chinese Grand Prix, the circuit also hosts Shanghai ePrix starting from 2024. The Shanghai International Circuit features over 10 top-tier domestic car racing events annually. It also boasts Shanghai's only world-class outdoor go-karting track. As a nationally recognized 4A-rated tourist attraction, the circuit features tourism, shopping, dining, entertainment, and sports. The track was resurfaced ahead of the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix. History Shanghai International Circuit was conceived by the Shanghai authorities as a way to showcase the city to the world. A 5.3 sq km site was chosen in the Jiading District in the north west of the city, close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf
Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf is a hotel in the city of Shanghai, China. It is known for being the first five-star international hotel in the district of Jiading. It is a 415-room hotel located at No. 6555 Boyuan Road. It has an 18-hole golf course A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, tee box, a #Fairway and rough, fairway, the #Fairway and rough, rough and other hazard (golf), hazards, and .... '' Time Out Shanghai'' said, "The traditional business hotel décor is also livened up with quirky Weibo-worthy design touches that will have you whipping out your camera – think a giant-size arm chair that can fit four and matching cigar in the lounge bar and a family of brass ducks taking a walk through the lobby." References External links Official website {{InterContinental Hotels Group Hotel buildings completed in 2012 2012 establishments in Shanghai Crowne Plaza hotel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway
The Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway or Huning intercity railway () is a -long high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. and are shorthand Chinese names for Shanghai and Nanjing, respectively. The Huning intercity high-speed railway largely follows the route of the preexisting Nanjing-Shanghai section of the conventional Beijing–Shanghai railway and the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway. Construction of this high-speed railway began in July 2008. The line went into test operations in early April 2010, and opened for full service on July 1, 2010. The line has a design speed of . The journey time between the two cities has been shortened from 120 minutes to 73 minutes on nonstop trains. According to the arrangements of related departments, 120 pairs of trains are operating on the line, and the time interval between services is 5 minutes at the shortest. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Metro
The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 List of township-level divisions of Shanghai, municipal districts and to the neighboring township of Huaqiao metro station (Kunshan), Huaqiao, in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Forming the vast majority of the broader, multi-operator Shanghai rail transit network, the Shanghai Metro system is the world's List of metro systems, second longest metro system by route length, totaling and the List of metro systems, second largest system by number of stations, with List of Shanghai Metro stations, 508 stations across 19 lines. It also ranks Metro systems by annual passenger rides, first in the world by annual ridership, with 3.88 billion rides delivered in 2019. The last daily ridership record was set on 9 March 2024, at 13.39 million rides. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic, ridership still routinely stands at over 10 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 11, Shanghai Metro
Line 11 is a northwest–southeast line of the Shanghai Metro network. Since October 2013, Line 11 serves Kunshan city, making it the second intercity metro in China, after the Guangfo Metro, and the first that crosses a provincial boundary. With a single-line mileage of , it is the third-longest single-line subway line in China, after Line 6 in Chongqing, which is long, and Line 7 in Wuhan, which is long. The line is colored brown on system maps. History The line 11 was originally planned to be from Jiading to Nanhui New City, with a total length of , the south part of the line has been transferred to line 16. The 1st phase of line 11, which runs from to , opened on 31 December 2009. A branch line from opened on 29 March 2010. The 2nd phase runs from Jiangsu Road to . It opened on 31 August 2013. The 3rd phase connects Luoshan Road and the . This section is long with three stations. All new stations except for the Disney Resort station opened on December 19, 2015. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Speer
Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (; ; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production, Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close friend and ally of Adolf Hitler, he was convicted at the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to 20 years in prison. An architect by training, Speer joined the Nazi Party in 1931. His architectural skills made him increasingly prominent within the Party, and he became a member of Hitler's inner circle. Hitler commissioned him to design and construct structures, including the Reich Chancellery and the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg. In 1937, Hitler appointed Speer as General Building Inspector for Berlin. In this capacity he was responsible for the Central Department for Resettlement that Nazi persecution of Jews, evicted Jewish tenants from their homes in Berlin. In February 1942, Speer was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Auto Museum
Shanghai Auto Museum is an automobile museum located in Anting, Jiading District, Shanghai, China, in the Auto Expo Park of Shanghai International Automobile City. Designed by the Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University and IFB from Germany, the museum opened to the public on January 17, 2007. The museum is the first specialist museum of its kind in China. With a gross floor area of and an exhibition area of approximately , it is divided into four sections: history, collection, exploration and temporary exhibitions respectively. The museum houses a collection of over 100 classic automobiles, representing nearly 50 brands from China and abroad, spanning 100 years of automobile history and development. The History Pavilion houses 27 cars representing milestones in automotive development. The Antique Car Pavilion contains 40 cars from 20 different manufacturers dating between 1900 and 1970. The Chinese and foreign car models on display include Ford Motor Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
