With 19 consulates and over 200 diplomat mansions, Changning District hosts 37% of all consulates in Shanghai, in addition to more than 3000 foreign-invested enterprises and institutions. Among its residents, over 20,000 of 6,000 households are foreigners from 144 countries, some of whom forms the Gubei New Area, once the earliest abiding area for foreigners, which is now well-known as ‘the mini-United Nations’. With the only Exit-Entry Administration in Puxi, the District’s essential position in Shanghai’s evolution into a modern metropolis is greatly enhanced.