Huating Town belongs to Shanghai Jiading District, located in the northeastern part of Jiading District, connected to Baoshan District by Hutai Highway in the east, bordered by Jiading Industrial Zone and Xuhang Town in the west and south, Liuhe River in the north and Taicang, Jiangsu Province, 3 kilometers away from the departure point of Zheng He's western ocean voyage in the Ming Dynasty, and more than 30 kilometers away from the center of Shanghai. With an area of 39.5 square kilometers, the town is one of the pilot pilot areas for the construction of new socialist countryside in Shanghai. In 2013, the town has a total household population of 24,640, with 11 administrative villages (divided into 207 village groups) and 2 communities under its jurisdiction. The annual value-added was 1.64 billion yuan. There are 2 primary and secondary schools, with 1,694 students; 2 kindergartens, with 696 children in kindergarten; and 232 teaching staff. Specialties of Huating Town include Jiading white garlic, confit mushrooms, strawberries, grapes and yellow grass weaving products.