Overview of Hongqiao International Central Business District

Regional Scope

In accordance with the requirements for enhancing its capacity, improving its functions and optimizing its layout, the Hongqiao International Open Hub coordinates with the region's development space and forms a development pattern of "One Core and Two Belts".

"One core" means the Shanghai Hongqiao International CBD, which covers an area of 151 square kilometers. It mainly undertakes the functions of an international central business district, is a new platform for the new international trade center and is a comprehensive transit hub.

The "two belts" are the northward expansion belt and the southward expansion belt, which extend from the Hongqiao CBD as the starting point.

The northward expansion belt includes Hongqiao, Changning, Jiading, Kunshan, Taicang, Xiangcheng and the Suzhou Industrial Park. It focuses on building a central business cooperation zone, an international trade coordinated development zone and a comprehensive transit hub functional extension zone.

The southward expansion belt includes Hongqiao, Minhang, Songjiang, Jinshan, Pinghu, Nanhu, Haiyan and Haining. It focuses on building a culturally distinctive and tourist functional international business district, a digital trade innovation development zone and a new platform for the combined transportation of river, sea, air and rail.

The Shanghai Hongqiao CBD is located to the west of downtown Shanghai, covering a total area of 151.4 sq km. In addition to 86 sq km covered by the S20 Outer-ring Road, G50 Huyu Expressway, G15 Shenhai Expressway and G2 Jinghu Expressway, 64.8 sq km of newly expanded areas have been added.

The expansion scope includes Xinjing town in Changning district, Chengjiaqiao Street (the Hongqiao Linkong Economic Demonstration Zone), Huacao town in Minhang district, Jiangqiao town in Jiading district and Xujing town in Qingpu district, which were not included in Hongqiao CBD before. The overall planning, construction management and function building are to realize the coordinated development of the Hongqiao CBD.

The Hongqiao CBD covers Changning district, Minhang district, Qingpu district and Jiading district. The area of South Hongqiao (Minhang area) covers 47.76 sq km; East Hongqiao (Changning area) covers 19.85 sq km; West Hongqiao (Qingpu area) covers 41.18 sq km; and North Hongqiao (Jiading area) covers 42.59 sq km.

Hongqiao Comprehensive Transport Hub

The Hongqiao comprehensive transportation hub is the largest transportation complex in the world at present, as well as Shanghai's largest external transportation gateway. It integrates civil aviation, high-speed railways, intercity railways, long-distance passenger transport, rail transit, public transport, rentals and other transportation modes.

The average daily passenger flow exceeds 1.1 million person-times, while the maximum daily passenger flow exceeds 1.45 million person-times and the annual passenger flow has exceeded 420 million person-times.

Taking the high-speed railway from Hongqiao, you can get to Suzhou, Wuxi, Jiaxing and other surrounding cities in half an hour and reach Hangzhou, Nanjing and other Yangtze River Delta cities in less than one hour. The positive effect on the city is obvious.

From Hongqiao, you can fly to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Taipei, Hong Kong and Macao in about 2 hours – and to Tokyo and Seoul in in less than 3 hours.

The airport connecting line will be completed in 2024 and the transit time between Hongqiao and Pudong airports will be shortened to less than 40minutes.

Based in Hongqiao, you can reach the entire world.