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History   Just the name implies, Jing An District got its name from the Jing An Temple. Dating back to the Three Kingdoms' Period in the 3rd century, it is one of the ancient Buddhist temples in Shanghai. Originally named Luduchongxuan, it was changed to Yongtai Buddhist Temple in the Tang Dynasty (618-709), then to Jing An Temple during the Song Dynasty when the reign period of Dazhong Xiangfu started in 1008. In 1862, the 1st year of Emperor Tongzhi's reign period in the Qing Dynasty, when a road was built from the international settlement to the Jing An Temple, it was named Jing An Road (present-day Nanjing Xilu). In the following century, owing to its convernient location, a transportation network was formed centering around the Jing An Temple which became the starting point of the urbanization process in western Shanghai. After repeated changes, the area around the Jing An Temple was finally named Jing An District in January 1960. Located at the center of Shanghai, Jing An District is one of the city's well-known old business districts. Covering an area of 7.62 square kilometers, it has some 310,000 registered residents. The district is adjacent to Huangpu District by North Chengdu Road in the east; to Changning District in the west by Zhenning Road, Wanhangdu Road, West Wuding Road, Jangsu Road, and Changning Road; to Luwan and Xuhui Districts in the south by the streets of Middle Yan An Road, South Shannxi Road and Changle Road; to Putuo District in the northwest by the streets Anyuan Road and Changshou Road; and to Zhabei District in the northest by the Suzhou River. The district has five subdistrict offices, namely, Jing An Temple, Caojiadu, Jiangning Road, Shimen Er Road and West Nanjing Road. As one of the districts in the downtown area, Jing An District has the business zone represented by Westgate Mall, Citic Square and Plaza66, and the hotel zone outlined by the rise of top class hotels such as Jing An Hilton Hotel, Shanghai JC Mandarin and Shanghai International Equatorial Hotel. The updated district functions and status have brought to it a high concentration of talents, materials, capital and information, making the district an ideal location for people in and outside China to invest, start business and settle down.

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