Fengjing

Fengjing
枫泾镇
Location (shown in red) in Jinshan District (shown in yellow) within Shanghai
Location (shown in red) in Jinshan District (shown in yellow) within Shanghai
Coordinates: 30°53′28″N 121°00′47″E / 30.891°N 121.013°E / 30.891; 121.013
CountryPeople's Republic of China
MunicipalityShanghai
DistrictJinshan
Area
 • Total91.7 km2 (35.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total63,400
 • Density690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.fengjing.gov.cn/html/ywb/

Fengjing (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: 楓涇; pinyin: Fēngjīng) is a town in Jinshan District, Shanghai. An ancient water town, it also has a new town with a Canadian theme and an industrial zone. It is a centre for Jinshan peasant painting.

Fengjing has an area of 91.7 km2 (35.4 sq mi), and had a registered population of 63,400 in 2008.[1] It lies next to the G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and China National Highway 320.[2] Fengjing's railway stations are Fengjing station, on the Shanghai-Kunming Railway,[3] and Jinshan North station on the Shanghai-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway,[4] which opened in 2010.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Fengjing Town". Encyclopedia of Shanghai. Shanghai Municipal Government. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. ^ "A walk on the water side Fengjing". Shanghai Daily. Shanghai Daily Publishing House. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Shanghai Fengjing Industrial Zone". rightsite.asia. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  4. ^ Xu, Huiyun; Ren, Shaomi (7 January 2011). "The Painting Holiday". China Today. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. ^ "China unveils Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway; eyes network extension". Xinhua News Agency. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.