This article is about a place. For the biological behaviour related to ants, see Anting (bird activity)

Anting (bird activity)

In the behavior called anting, birds rub insects on their feathers, usually ants, which secrete liquids containing chemicals such as formic acid, that can act as an insecticide, miticide, fungicide, bactericide, or to make them edible by removing the distasteful acid. It possibly also supplements...

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Anting is a town

Town

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 in the Jiading District

Jiading District

Jiading District is one of the 18 districts of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It has a population of 1,471,100 .-Geography:...

 of Shanghai

Shanghai

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, People's Republic of China

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. Pronounced An'ting, the placename means "The Pavilion of Peace

Peace

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". Anting is located in the Jiading

Jiading District

Jiading District is one of the 18 districts of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It has a population of 1,471,100 .-Geography:...

 District (嘉定区) of Shanghai, on the border of the neighbouring province of Jiangsu

Jiangsu

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. It has 52,800 inhabitants and an area of 59.75 km².

Anting is one of the centres of the Chinese automotive industry

Automotive industry

The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells motor vehicles, and is one of the world's most important economic sectors by revenue....

; it is home to Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation and includes the German

Germany

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/Chinese joint venture

Joint venture

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: Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive

Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive

Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. is a joint venture company between Volkswagen Group and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation established in 1984...

. This enterprise has the largest market share

Market share

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 of passenger cars in China.

The Shanghai International Circuit

Shanghai International Circuit

The Shanghai International Circuit is a motor racing circuit, situated in the Jiading District of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The circuit is best known as the venue for the annual Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, which was first hosted in 2004....

, China's first Formula One

Formula One

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 race track, is located near the town.

Subdivisions

• Tamiao Village (塔廟村): capital, "Auto City"
• Shuangpu Village (雙浦村)
• Gupu Village (顧浦村): smallest

In the southern part of the city, an extension of "Anting Auto City" called "Anting New Town" (安亭新镇) is being built in the fashion of "Anting German Town" (安亭德国镇).

The first phase of Anting new town construction will completed around June 2007, and the second phase is planned to start before the end of 2007, and the duration is about three years. After the whole project is done, a lovely and quiet town will be a modern community of more than 50,000 people. But there is also a possibility of delaying phase 2 project in Anting New Town due to the financial reasons and poor sales.

Anting is served by Line 11 of the Shanghai Metro

Shanghai Metro

The Shanghai Metro is the urban rapid transit system of China's largest city, Shanghai. The system incorporates both subway and light rail lines. It opened in 1995, making Shanghai the third city in Mainland China, after Beijing and Tianjin, to have a rapid transit system...

, which currently terminates at Anting Station

Anting Station

Anting Station is a station on the branch line of Line 11 of the Shanghai Metro. It is currently the terminus of the branch line.- References :...

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