Changning District has, with its convenient transportation facilities, accomplished infrastructure, fine ecological environment, profound cultural heritages and personalized community services, attracted more and more investors and  professionals overseas to settle down here, ever since the reform and opening drive in China, and, in particular, the formation of the national-level Hongqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone in 1986. 

Currently, the District hosts 19 consulates, over 3,000 foreign-invested establishments and representative offices, and about 6,000 households of more than 20,000 permanent residents  from 114 countries and regions. Changning  has turned itself into one of the most international urban districts in  Shanghai.

These friends from all over the world have brought with them not only investment funds, advanced technologies and management experiences  necessary for the district development, but also diverse features of various cultures and perspectives.  They have now merged themselves among the local residents and got  along in perfect harmony  with them, helping to write out a new page for the internationalized district. Changning District has formulated a new strategy for its further development of a modernized international district during the ‘11th Five-Year-Plan’ period, which is characterized by the objective of ‘advanced Hongqiao, upgraded function, digitalized Changning and globalized urban district’.   With digitalization of Changing as a guiding principle, globalization of Changning as an advancement goal, and internationalization of commerce as a major driving force, the District aims at being a most important link in the Yangtze Delta area, where Hongqiao is expected to grow into an international commercial zone, and Changning an information-popularized district and a nation-wide service provider, contributing to a solid foundation for the building of Changning into a modernized international urban district. Changning District Government attaches its utmost importance to a clean, transparent, just and law-governing administration image, striving as always for high-efficient, convenient and considerate services for the expatriates and helping them feel an integral part in the formation of a harmonious community.

This website is designed to offer you information that covers various aspects related to the economic development,  cultural heritages, urban development and community life of Changning District. We wish to help you know more about  the past, present and future of the District and to let, through you, more of your relatives and friends share the achievements in the construction of a better Changning.