Guide to Investment   

As a central district of Shanghai, the Changning District is located at the Y-shaped juncture of the Shanghai-Nanjing Development Axis and the Shanghai-Hangzhou Development Axis. It is the “western gate” that connects Shanghai to the Yangtze Delta. The Hongqiao International Airport, located at the southwest of the district, is an important part of the One Principal and One Complementary Airports Layout of the Shanghai Asia-Pacific Aviation Hub Plan. In the district, a three-dimensional transport network composed of elevated railway, subway, interior and exterior circles and city transport has already been established and there are freeways to connect Shanghai directly with Nanjing and Hangzhou, which make the district an important hub for the circulation of people, materials, information and capital.

Enhancing the development Hongqiao is the key to the development of Changning during the 11th Five-Year Plan period. Emphasis will be put on expanding the development space of Hongqiao; the development of functions, industries and modalities will be planned as a whole, with the three economic bodies as the center. Construct Hongqiao Foreign Commercial Zone; promote the clustering and development of modern service industry by taking advantage of the radiative function of Hongqiao, and make Changning stand out for its position and function in the framework of development of Shanghai. Function improvement is the main line of development in the 11th Five-Year Plan period. Emphasis will be put on the improvement of comprehensive service function dominated by international trade and commerce in view that function improvement will propel improvement of industry strength, environment quality and public services in order to strengthen further the comprehensive competitiveness of the district.

Digital Changning is a strategic step of the district for the development in the 11th Five-Year Plan period. Take full advantage of the early initiation of Digital Changning, take Digital Changning as a concretion of the main strategy of “developing the city with science and education”, upgrade the connotation of Digital Changning, and promote the penetration of information technology into economic and social areas, municipal administration and social administration. International City Zone is the reference standard for work in all areas during the 11th Five-Year Plan period and is also the goal for Changning’s development in the future. Make full use of the advantages of Changning in international trade, commerce and residence, accelerate the promotion of innovation in system mechanism for compatibility with international norms. With international criteria as references, improve international services and level of internationalization. It is reported that the development goal of Changning during the 11th Five-Year Plan period is to take international trade and commerce as its leading functions, and till 2010 complete the construction of Hongqiao Foreign Commerce Zone, Early Informationalization Testing Areas and make Changning an important hub through which Shanghai serves the whole country and radiates its power to the Yangtze Delta, so that it have a solid base for the construction of modern international city zone.