Jiading is a suburban district of Shanghai. As of the 2020 Chinese census, it had a population of 1,834,258.
Jiading was historically a separate polity from Shanghai until it came under the administration of Shanghai in 1958. In 1993, Jiading's designation was changed from a county to a district within Shanghai.
During the early Qing dynasty, which overlapped with the Southern Ming, the municipality was infamous for the "Jiading Massacre" carried out by invading Qing forces led by the general , who had defected from the bandits. Jiading was also known for banditry: in a 1853 rebellion caused by taxation, bandits captured the city and then Shanghai.
In 2005, the Jiading district government invested to build the Shanghai Museum of the Imperial Examination System.
Jiading district is located in the northwestern part of Shanghai. It stretches across . It is located about from downtown Shanghai.
Jiading has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Jiading 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 .
Jiading District administers several subdistricts towns, including Jiading, Anting, Nanxiang, Huating, Xuhang, Waigang, Huangdu, Malu and Jiangqiao.
Shanghai University has a campus in downtown Jiading, which is where SILC is based.
The Shanghai International Circuit is located in Jiading. Each year in April, the Shanghai International Circuit holds the Chinese Grand Prix.
The hotel company H World Group Limited has its headquarters in Jiading.
Shanghai Jiading F.C. is the district's local soccer club.
There are numerous international hotels within the Jiading district. Among the most famous are Sheraton Shanghai Jiading Hotel and the Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting, the latter one being the first five star international hotel in Jiading.
Jiading district is connected to downtown Shanghai by the Hujia Expressway, the first expressway in China. Jiading district is near Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport, but across town from Pudong International Airport.
Jiading is currently served by three metro lines operated by Shanghai Metro: