Fengxian is located on the southeastern part of the Yangtze Delta and the southern part of Shanghai City.
The total area of the district is 687 square kilometers with a population of 520,000, administering 22 towns: Nanqiao, Xidu, Jianghai, Wuqiao, Xinsi, Huqiao, Zhuangxing, Jinhui, Qixian, Tairi, Touqiao, Fengcheng, Hongmiao, Situan, Ping’an, Shaochang, Qingchun, Tangwai, Qianqiao, Guangming, Tuolin, Fengxin.
In 1995 Fengxian ranked the 19th among the first 100 national counties and was appointed as one of the ten national moderately rich counties by the Development Research Center of National Congress.
A blueprint for the redevelopment of FengxianDistrict in south Shanghai will increase the urbanization of the area, build new industrial areas and encourage tourism by taking advantage of the area's natural beauty.
Fengxian is leading the modernization of Shanghai suburbs using agricultural scale management.
The 20-square-kilometer Fengxian Modern Agriculture Park is designed to become a model to develop modern agriculture, where produce is grown in large quantities in unpolluted areas based on unified standards.
FengxianDistrict, a new promising industrial zone in the south of Shanghai City, covers 687 square kilometers with a population of 520,000.
Fengxian County People's Government was established in May 1948 and it was under jurisdiction of Southern Jiangsu Administrative Office till 1952 when it was subordinate to Songjiang District of Jiangsu Province.
Situated on Zhenbei Street in FengxianDistrict, Wanfo Ge was originally built in the period of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty and has a long history of more than 600 years.
Minhang District is situated at the center of southeast Shanghai.
The district is about 31.5 km from east to west and 30 km from north to south with an area of 371km2 and a population of 786,000, which covers 5.80% of Shanghai’s total.
In 2004, the GDP of the district was 36.6 billion RMB and the financial revenue was 11.75 billion RMB.
Li Bocai, director of the FengxianDistrict Agricultural Commission, said some 3 million yuan will be appropriated to aid crop growers.
District government will help farmers drain their land and repair damaged facilities.
Shan Chuanlun, director of the Malu Grape Research Institute in JiadingDistrict, said more than 13 acres of grapes were flooded and much of the plastic that had covered the vines was blown away.
World Exhibition(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Convenient Communication: Fengcheng Town lies in the east of Fengxiandistrict, 35 kilometers from Pudong International Airport, 50 kilometers from Hongqiao Airport, 15 kilometers from the new city of seaport in construction.
District of characteristic style and features of Spain: it is the new inhabiting, administration, commerce, finance and cultural leisure center in Fengcheng Town, which will reflect the urban characteristic style and features of Spain genuinely.
District for holidays of the tourism and leisure: abundantly excavate the tourism resources, perfect the urban functions, and gather the popularity for the development of market town.
Shanghai -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The city has had various nicknames in English, including "Paris of the East", "Queen of the Orient" (or "Pearl of the Orient"), and even "The Whore of Asia" (a reference to foreign-influenced corruption in the 1920s and 1930s, including vice, drugs and prostitution).
Before the forming of Shanghai city, Shanghai was part of Songjiang county, governed by (Click link for more info and facts about Suzhou) Suzhou (The district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)) prefecture.
Shanghai is divided into 19 county-level divisions: 18 (A region marked off for administrative or other purposes) districts and 1 (A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government) county.
Three dams, covering 3.7 square kilometers, are being built along the beach and in the western part of Hangzhou Bay to filter the sea water.
The district is paving Puxin Road, which will connect the beach to a highway that reaches downtown.
Giving full play to its strength, FengxianDistrict conducts shrimp cultivation in places other than the District, with a cultivation area of nearly 40,000 mu.
Fengxian's Blueprint for Beautiful Urbanization - Hello Chine(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fengxian's Blueprint for Beautiful Urbanization - Hello Chine
"With the boundless vitality and development potential, Fengxian is the hot land full of hope for investment," said Yuan.
The area is close to the sea and has a stretch of coastline of 13.7 kilometers, so the district hopes to develop on seaside touring, resorts, and water sports to attract visitors.
UNIDO - 22 - 28 May(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In Tianjin, an industrial centre and the third largest city in China, the Secretary General of the Chamber of Thessaloniki and representatives of two Greek companies were received by the Deputy Mayor and the Director of the Tianjin Agency for Investments.
Meetings in the Fengxiandistrict were prepared by Mrs.
The outcome of the meetings was positive and the Greek companies plan to visit Fengxian again in June 2005 for more advanced discussions.
www.unido.org /en/doc/37731 (592 words)
ZhiCheng(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 2002, was awarded the advanced unit of quality first, honor credibility in FengxianDistrict, Shanghai
In 2003, was awarded the name of “new and high technology enterprise” in Government of FengxianDistrict, Shanghai
In 2003, was awarded the excellent exploitation of scientific and technological achievements reward in FengxianDistrict, Shanghai
Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Shanghai to build trunk natural gas network(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As part of its transmission network, two terminals will first be built in south-western QingpuDistrict and south-eastern FengxianDistrict.
The terminal project broke ground for construction on July 4.
The Fengxian terminal, meanwhile, will carry natural gas from the Xihu Trough natural gas and oilfield in the East China Sea, 410 km southeast of Shanghai.
