Xuhui District is a core urban district of Shanghai. It has a land area of and a population of 982,200 as of 2008. The Xuhui District is named after its namesake, the historic area of

Xujiahui Xujiahui (, , romanized as: Zikawei, Ziccawei, or Siccawei) is a locality in Shanghai. It is a historic area of commerce and culture administratively within Xuhui District, which is named after the locality. The area is a well-known precinct for ...

. Xujiahui was historically land owned by Ming dynasty bureaucrat and scientist Xu Guangqi, and later donated to the Roman Catholic Church. It and Luwan District jointly formed the core of Catholic Shanghai, centered in the former

French Concession of Shanghai The Shanghai French Concession; ; Shanghainese pronunciation: ''Zånhae Fah Tsuka'', group=lower-alpha was a concessions in China, foreign concession in Shanghai, Republic of China (1912–1949), China from 1849 until 1943, which progressively ...

. Vestiges of the French influence can still be seen in the St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai, Xuhui College, the Xujiahui Observatory, and some remaining boulevards and French-style districts. Parts of today's Xuhui District were once the premier residential districts of Shanghai. The former french neighborhoods in parts of Xuhui today constitute some of the city´s most popular café areas, including places such as pedestrian

Tianzifang Tianzifang or Tianzi Fang (; Shanghainese: ''Die Tz Fån'') is a touristic arts and crafts enclave that has developed from a renovated traditional residential area in the French Concession area of Shanghai. It is now home to boutique shops, bars a ...

. After the revolution, however, the large estates near Xujiahui were turned into factories. In the 1990s, the Shanghai municipal government developed the district as a commercial zone. A once-prominent commercial area in the district was the Xiangyang Crafts and Gifts Market, a haven for souvenirs and intellectual property-infringing products; it was closed on June 30, 2006 by municipal authorities. Xujiahui itself has been redeveloped as a

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, with a proliferation of large-scale shopping centers and department stores, and is now a major shopping destination in the city with shopping malls such as

Grand Gateway Shanghai Grand Gateway Shanghai () is an office complex consisting of two identical skyscrapers in the Xujiahui area of Shanghai, China. It was completed in 2005. Design and construction Grand Gateway was designed by Callison Architecture. Constructio ...

and

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. The educational tradition begun by Jesuits in Xuhui continues with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the premier university in China. The district also has some of the best secondary schools in the municipality, such as

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, Shanghai High School and Nanyang Model High School. A number of former residences of prominent personalities remain, including Soong Ching-ling and

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's former residence.

Yao Ming Yao Ming (; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Associat ...

of Houston Rockets was a resident of the district. Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi lives in Xuhui. Xuhui District has 12 subdistricts and two townships.

Economy

Home Inn has its headquarters in Xuhui.Investor Relations Home
" Home Inn. Retrieved on February 18, 2013. "Headquarters Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. No.124 Cao Bao Road, Xu Hui District Shanghai 200235, PRC"
Chinese address
"上海市徐汇区漕宝路124号" Yum China has its headquarters in the Yum China Building () in Xuhui District. Toei Animation Shanghai has its head office in Unit 807 of Feidiao International Plaza in the district. miHoYo has its headquarters in Xuhui. Yoozoo Games is headquartered in Xuhui. Previously Web International English had its headquarters in Xuhui.

Township-level subdivisions

Xuhui District has twelve subdistricts, one town and one special township-level division.

Transportation

Metro

Xuhui is currently served by seven metro lines operated by

Shanghai Metro The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 municipal districts and to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Served as a part of Shangha ...

: * - Jinjiang Park, Shanghai South Railway Station , Caobao Road,

Shanghai Indoor Stadium Shanghai Indoor Stadium, () also known as the Shanghai Grand Stage, is a multi-purpose gymnasium in Shanghai. Hailed as a great feat of engineering at the time of its construction, the building is now considered dated and out-classed by newly ...

Hengshan Road Hengshan Road (), formerly Avenue Pétain, is a street in the former French Concession of Shanghai, China. A major thoroughfare that connected the heart of the French Concession with the Catholic district of Zikawei (Xujiahui), the boulevard was ...

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* - Shanghai South Railway Station , Shilong Road, Longcao Road, Caoxi Road, Yishan Road * - Yishan Road , Shanghai Stadium * -

, Zhaojiabang Road , Dong'an Road , Middle Longhua Road * - Caohejing Hi-Tech Park, Guilin Road, Yishan Road ,

, Zhaojiabang Road , Jiashan Road * - Jiaotong University , Shanghai Library * - Longyao Road, Yunjin Road, Longhua, Shanghai Swimming Center,

Suburban Railway

Xuhui is currently served by one suburban railway operated by China Railway Shanghai Group. * - Shanghai South railway station

Education

Schools in Xuhui District include: University: # Shanghai Jiao Tong University # East China University of Science and Technology # Shanghai Normal University # Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine # Shanghai Conservatory of Music High schools: # (上海市南洋模范中学) # (上海市南洋中学) # (上海市徐匯中學) # (上海市位育高级中学) #

Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Middle School Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Middle School (), is a private school situated on Yishan Road in Xuhui District, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, PRC. Founded in 1993, it is the first large-scale private middle school in Chinese mainland since the a ...

# Shanghai High School #

Shanghai No. 2 High School Shanghai No. 2 High School () is a public secondary school located in Shanghai, China. History Founded in 1902 by Wu Xin as Wu Pen Girls' School (), Shanghai No.2 High School was the first independent girls' school Single-sex education, a ...

# Shanghai Fifty-forth High School (上海市第五十四中学) # (上海师范大学附属中学) original campusHome
High School Attached to Shanghai Normal University. April 8, 2012. Retrieved on April 26, 2019. Address indicating Xuhui District on bottom-left of the page. "徐汇区佳林路120号"

Climate

Xuhui has a

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

( Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Xuhui is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around .

References

External links

Xuhui District Education Bureau