Anting
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Anting (Template:Zh) is a town in Jiading District, Shanghai, bordering Kunshan, Jiangsu to the west. It has 96,000Template:When inhabitants and, after the July 2009 merger of Huangdu (Template:Lang), an area of Template:Convert.<ref name="hd">市政府批准嘉定设立新的安亭镇Template: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</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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
Template:Asof, Anting is divided into 20 residential communities (Template:Lang) and 43 villages,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> among the most well-known of which is Tamiao (Template:Lang), which is nicknamed the "Auto City". In the southern part of town, an extension of "Anting Auto City" called "Anting New Town" (Template:Lang) is being built in the fashion of "Anting German Town" (Template:Lang).<ref>Anting German Town: Chinas deutsche Geisterstadt, by Yang Xifan. Spiegel Online, 07.10.2011</ref> Anting New Town was developed through the One City, Nine Towns initiative and was the site where construction via the initiative first began.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Reference page
German Town
Anting New Town combines a modern German urban style with a block layout.<ref name=":2" />Template:Reference page From the central European design tradition, it incorporates winding streets and enclosed plazas.<ref name=":2" />Template:Reference page The district was designed by Frankfurt-based architecture firm Albert Speer & Partners (AS+P).<ref name=":2" />Template:Reference page Prior to its selection of a German theme, the area already had links to Germany due to the presence of Volkswagen's largest joint venture in China.<ref name=":2" />Template:Reference page
Oktoberfest and other German holidays are celebrated as community events.<ref name=":2" />Template:Reference page
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 in Anting, Jiading District on 4 September 2012.Template: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.Template:Citation needed