With a planned area of 4.73 km2, the Kernel Zone is made up of the R&D area, trading area, expo park, golf link, metropolitan service center, etc. incorporating the R & D, trading, expo, tourism and leisure-spending functions of the Auto City. In the R & D area, phase I project of the motor vehicle inspection and checking center (http://www.smvic.com.cn/) and phase I project of Schaeffler have been completed and put into operation; and the SAIC Motor Automotive Engineering Academy is under construction. In the trading area, the used vehicle market and the pedestrian street have been completed and put into operation. The expo park and the gold link are open to the public, and construction of the metropolitan service center has started. The Kernel Zone is situated in the Shanghai-Nanjing economic pivot of the Yangtze River Delta with convenient transportation network. Airport:　　20 km from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. Seaport: 　35 km from the Zhanghuabang container wharf of Wusong. Railway:　 with the nearby Anting Station of Shanghai-Nanjing Railway. Highway:　with ramps to and from the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway south of the town; the 312 national highway, Baoan highway and Boyuan highway leading to downtown at a 45-minute ride to the People’s Square; with Shanghai-Jiading Expressway north of the town, the A 30 outskirts ring road west of it, and east of it with Jiading-Jinshan Expressway leading to the F1 Circuit, Qingpu District, Songjiang District and Sheshan hill. Water transport:　Suzhou River leading directly to Huangpu River and Yunzao River flowing into the Yangtze River. Light railway:　 2 nearby stations of Line 11 light railway directly leading to Pudong .