Greening: Jinshan was honored the title of “National Garden and Afforestation Model City”, one of “Top Ten National Afforestation Cities”, “State-level Garden City”. It is now building State-level Hygiene City. The urban greening coverage rate exceeds 37%.

Air: The air quality maintains above national Grade-2.

Climate: It features semitropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall.

Education: East China University of Science and Technology, Jinshan Middle School (key municipal middle school), No.3 Middle School Affiliated to East China Normal University, Technician School (designated training center for Bayer and BASF) and other schools offer high-quality educational service.

Residence: Places for entertainment, healthcare, commerce and residence feature reasonable layout and complete facilities.

Transportation: With a convenient traffic network, the grand transportation layout is integrating airway, railway, highway, inland waterway and seaway.
Railway: The Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and Jinshan Railway cross Jinshan District from south to north. After the intercity rail is finished, the transportation between Jinshan and Shanghai downtown will be more convenient.

Highway: Jinshan is one of the districts who have densest traffic network in Shanghai, characterized by “six horizontals, eight verticals”.
Six Horizontals: from west to east
Tingfeng Expressway (A7, A30)
Xinfengjin Expressway (A4)
Tingfeng – Dating Highway
Jinshan Highway
Zhulv Highway
Langcao Highway
Eight Verticals: from north to south
Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway (A8)
Xinwei Expressway (A6)
Jiajin Expressway (A5)
Cheting-Tingwei Highway
Songwei Highway
Jinshi Highway
Jinlang Highway
Zhuping Highway
 
Inland Waterway: 3 Grade-5 waterways for 300-ton ships which are the main arterial river transport for Shanghai inner river containers; 9 Grade-6 waterways for 100-ton ships; the supporting wharf in construction for Shanghai Chemical Industry Park will be built into a modern, comprehensive, and multi-functional inner river loading area with strong logistics, integrating the functions of waterway, railway, highway and pipeline.

Seaway: There are 3 special wharfs for shipping and a 25,000-ton comprehensive wharf for passenger and cargo, which are 60 km away from China’s largest port——Shanghai Port.
Airway: 70 km away from Pudong International Airport; 50 km away from Hongqiao Airport
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