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'''Anting''' ({{zh|c=安亭 |p=Āntíng|l=Pavilion of peace}}) is a town in [[Jiading District]], [[Shanghai]], bordering [[Kunshan]], [[Jiangsu]] to the west. It has 96,000{{when|date=December 2017}} inhabitants and, after the July 2009 merger of Huangdu ({{lang|zh-hans|黄渡镇}}), an area of {{convert|89.28|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="hd">[http://www.jiading.gov.cn/view_14.aspx?cid=15&id=10891&navindex=0 市政府批准嘉定设立新的安亭镇]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}，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>{{cite web| url=http://travel.cnn.com/shanghai/play/anting-new-town-german-town-and-then-some-881683 | title=Anting New Town: Car museum, cafes and homes, but no people |  publisher=[[CNN]] | work=[Travel CNN] | date=24 September 2010 | access-date=1 October 2013 }}</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==
{{asof|2011}}, Anting is divided into 20 residential communities ({{lang|zh-hans|社区}}) and 43 villages,<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/31/01/14/310114103.html
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130719080133/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/31/01/14/310114103.html
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=July 19, 2013
 |script-title=zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：安亭镇 
 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China 
 |language=Chinese 
 |access-date=2013-06-05 
}}</ref> among the most well-known of which is Tamiao ({{lang|zh-hans|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" ({{lang|zh-hans|安亭新镇}}) is being built in the fashion of "Anting German Town" ({{lang|zh-hans|安亭德国镇}}).<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/reise/staedte/0,1518,783475,00.html 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">{{Cite book |last=Lin |first=Zhongjie |title=Constructing Utopias: China's New Town Movement in the 21st Century |date=2025 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-779330-5 |location=New York, NY}}</ref>{{Reference page|pages=137-138}}

===German Town===
[[File:Anting New Town.JPG|thumb|Anting New Town]]
Anting New Town combines a modern German urban style with a block layout.<ref name=":2" />{{Reference page|page=129}} From the central European design tradition, it incorporates winding streets and enclosed plazas.<ref name=":2" />{{Reference page|page=129}} The district was designed by Frankfurt-based architecture firm Albert Speer & Partners (AS+P).<ref name=":2" />{{Reference page|page=147}} 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" />{{Reference page|page=147}}

[[Oktoberfest celebrations|Oktoberfest]] and other German holidays are celebrated as community events.<ref name=":2" />{{Reference page|page=129}} 

==Transportation==
Anting is served by [[Line 11, Shanghai Metro|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.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} 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|date=October 2013}}

== See also ==
* [[List of township-level divisions of Shanghai]]

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[[Category:Jiading District]]
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