Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Name	Hefei
Official name	合肥市
Native name	合肥
Other name	Ho-fei, Luzhou, Luchow
Settlement type	Prefecture-level city
Map caption	Location of Hefei Prefecture within Anhui
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Pushpin map	China
Pushpin map caption	Location in China
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Coordinates region	CN-34
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name	People's Republic of China
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Subdivision name1	Anhui
Subdivision type3	County-level divisions
Subdivision name3	7
Leader title	CPC Committee Secretary
Leader name	Sun Jinlong (孙金龙)
Leader title1	Mayor
Leader name1	Wu Cunrong (吴存荣)
Established title2
Established title3
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Area footnotes
Area total km2	7029.48
Area land km2
Area urban km2	838.5
Area metro km2	838.5
Population as of	2010 Census
Population total	5,702,466
Population density km2	auto
Population metro	3,352,076
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Timezone	China Standard Time
Utc offset	+8
Elevation footnotes
Elevation m	37
Elevation ft	123
Postal code type	Postal code
Postal code	230000
Area code	551
Blank name	Licence plate prefixes
Blank info	皖A
Blank1 name	GDP (2009)
Blank1 info	CNY 210.2 billion
Blank2 name	- per capita
Blank2 info	CNY 41,543
Website	http://www.hefei.gov.cn/
Footnotes	City flowers Southern magnolia (''Magnolia grandiflora L.'') City trees Sweet Osmanthus (''Osmanthus fragrans Lour.'') Blossom of pomegranate (''Punica granatum L.'') }}

Hefei (, ) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province in Eastern China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural centre of Anhui. Located in the central portion of the province, it borders Huainan to the north, Chuzhou to the northeast, Chaohu to the southeast and Lu'an to the west. Hefei has an area of 7,048 km² and, as of 2010 Census, a population of 5,702,466 inhabitants. It's built up area (''Metro'') is home to 3,352,076 inhabitants encompassing all urban districts .

History

From the 8th to the 6th century BC, Hefei was the site of many small states , later a part of the Chu kingdom. Many archaeological finds dating from this period have been made. The name Hefei was first given to the county set up in the area under the Han dynasty in the 2nd century BC. During the 4th to the 6th century AD, this crucial border region between northern and southern states was much fought over; its name and administrative status were consequently often changed. During the Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907) periods, it became the seat of Lu prefecture — a title it kept until the 15th century, when it became a superior prefecture named Luzhou.

In 3rd century AD, the famous Three Kingdoms battle, Battle of Xiaoyao Ford, was fought at what is currently Xiaoyao Ford (逍遥津) in Hefei. General Zhang Liao of the Kingdom of Wei commanding 800 picked cavalry defeated the 200,000-man army of the Kingdom of Wu. Several decades of warring in Hefei between Wu and Wei followed this battle.

The present city dates from the Song dynasty (960–1126), the earlier Hefei having been some distance farther north. During the 10th century, it was for a while the capital of the independent Wu kingdom (902–938) and was an important center of the Southern Tang state (937–975).

After 1127 it became a center of the defenses of the Southern Song dynasty (1126–1279) against the Jin (Jurchen) invaders, as well as a flourishing center of trade between the two states. When the Chinese Republic was founded in 1911, the superior prefecture was abolished, and the city took the name of Hefei.

The city was known as Luzhou (庐州) during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (after 14th century to 19th century). Hefei was the temporary capital for Anhui from 1853 to 1862. It was renamed as Hefei County in 1912. Following the Chinese victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1945, Hefei was made the capital of Anhui.

Before World War II, Hefei remained essentially an administrative center and the regional market for the fertile plain to the south. It was a collecting center for grain, beans, cotton, and hemp, as well as a center for handicraft industries manufacturing cloth, leather, bamboo goods, and ironware.

The construction in 1912 of the Tianjin–Pukou railway, farther east, for a while made Hefei a provincial backwater, and much of its importance passed to Bengbu. In 1932–36, however, a Chinese company built a railway linking Hefei with Yuxikou (on the Yangtze opposite Wuhu) to the southeast and with the Huai River at Huainan to the north. While this railway was built primarily to exploit the rich coalfield in northern Anhui, it also did much to revive the economy of the Hefei area by taking much of its produce to Wuhu and Nanjing.

Although Hefei was a quiet market town of only about 30,000 in the mid-1930s, its population grew more than tenfold in the following 20 years. The city's administrative role was strengthened by the transfer of the provincial government from Anqing in 1949, but much of its new growth derived from its development as an industrial city. A cotton mill was opened in 1958, and a thermal generating plant, using coal from Huainan, was established in the early 1950s. It also became the seat of an industry producing industrial chemicals and chemical fertilizers. In the late 1950s an iron and steel complex was built. In addition to a machine-tool works and engineering and agricultural machinery factories, the city has developed an aluminum industry and a variety of light industries. There are several universities based in the city.

Geography

Hefei is located west of Nanjing. Chaohu Lake, a lake southeast of the city, is one of the largest fresh water lakes in China. However, the lake has unfortunately been polluted with nitrogen and phosphorus in recent decades.

Climate

Hefei features a humid subtropical climate (Koppen ''Cfa'') with four distinct seasons. Hefei's annual average temperature is . Its annual precipitation is just under , being heavier from May through August. Winters are damp and cold, with January lows dipping just below freezing and a January average of . The city sees irregular snowfalls that rarely turn significant. Springs are generally relatively pleasant if somewhat erratic. Hefei’s summers are oppressively hot and humid, with a July average of . In the months of June, July, August, and often September, daily temperatures can reach or surpass with high humidity levels being the norm. Fall in Hefei sees a gradual cooling and drying.

Usually in May and June, air quality in Hefei diminishes. The city is blanketed by a sweet-smelling smog caused by the smoke generated as farmers outside the city burn their fields in preparation for planting the next crop.

Administrative divisions & Demographics

Demographics

The majority of the population in Hefei is Han Chinese. There are a small number of Hui Chinese living in the city, which is why there are few mosques in the city. There are over five million people in the city, of which some are migrant workers from other parts of Anhui.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Hefei administers 7 county-level divisions, including 4 districts and 3 counties.

■ Yaohai-qu (瑶海区)

■ Luyang-qu (庐阳区)

■ Shushan-qu (蜀山区)

■ Baohe-qu (包河区)

■ Changfeng-xian (长丰县)

■ Feidong-xian (肥东县)

■ Feixi-xian (肥西县)

+Hefei subdivisions area (km²), population (According to 2010 Census) and population density (per km²).	!Location!!Area!!Population!!Density
!Yaohai District	142.90	902,830	6,317
!Luyang District	139.32	609,239	4,373
!Shushan District	261.36	1,022,321	3,912
!Baohe District	294.94	817,686	2,772
!Built up area	838.5	3,352,076	3,998
!Changfeng County	1,922.24	629,535	328
!Feidong County	2,215.53	861,960	389
!Feixi County	2,053.19	858,895	418
!Hefei	7,029.48	5,702,466	811

Gallery

Economy

The GDP per capita was ¥41,543 (ca. US$6,082) in 2009.

Before the Chinese civil war Hefei was a town whose main industry was agriculture. Soon after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the capital of Anhui was moved from Huaining to Hefei. To assist the development of the city, many talented people were sent in from other parts of the country. Modern-day Hefei has machinery, electronics, chemistry, steel, textile, and cigarette industries, among others.

Despite being the Provincial Capital of Anhui, Hefei still exudes an air of poverty. Migrants from all over Anhui converge on the city looking for opportunities which do not actually exist for many of them. This constant influx keeps wages low. However, new industrial development in special economic zones ringing the city has resulted in new manufacturing jobs for technical school and college graduates.

In the summer of 2005, the municipal government implemented changes designed to beautify the city by demolishing thousands of illegally built structures, and clearing away long established marketplaces in many parts of the city. Overnight, longstanding businesses housed in flimsy structures that once lined many streets were gone. The impact on the local economy could be seen immediately as hundreds, if not thousands, of low paid workers no longer had employment.

On the other hand, these actions removed many unlicensed food stalls which had contributed to the spread of diseases that struck the city in the past. These changes also removed many unlicensed buildings that posed a fire hazard in the city. While it is undeniable that some people were forced to make sacrifices for the beautification of the city, the changes ensured that most of the residents in the city have a better environment.

Hefei has been identified by the Economist Intelligence Unit in the November 2010 Access China White Paper as a member of the CHAMPS (Chongqing, Hefei, Anshan, Maanshan, Pingdingshan and Shenyang), an economic profile of the top 20 emerging cities in China.

Transportation

Hefei has been the provincial capital since 1949 (before it was Anqing) and is a natural center of transportation, being situated to the north of Lake Chao and standing on a low saddle crossing the northeastern extension of the Dabie Mountains, which form the divide between the Huai and Yangtze rivers. From Hefei there is easy water transport via the lake to the Yangtze River opposite Wuhu.

Important land routes run through Hefei — east-west from Pukou (opposite Nanjing in Jiangsu) to Xi'an (in Shaanxi) and north-south from Xuzhou (in Jiangsu) and Bengbu to Anqing (both in Anhui).

There are also two train stations in Hefei, the new one was built a few years ago and the old one is no longer used by the public.

In 2008 the thoroughfare Chang Jiang Lu (Chang Jiang Road) (长江路) is undergoing a renovation project to widen the roads and to create a bus route in the center of the road, with bus stations at islands that are connected to the sidewalks by skyways. The First Ring Road is also undergoing construction, with traffic lights being replaced by overpasses and ramps built to connect the First Ring Road and all major intersecting roads. Both projects are intended to ease the traffic Hefei now experiences at rush hour.

Hefei Luogang International Airport provides the area with scheduled passenger service to major airports in China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

China National Highway 312

Subway

The plan of "Hefei Subway line 1" has been recently approved by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in July,2010. Hefei Subway will be a rapid transit rail network that serves both urban and rural areas of Hefei Municipality. As planned,it will cover a total distance of 24 kilometers starting from Hefei Railway Station. It is currently under construction and is expected to be finished by the end of 2014.

Bus Rapid Transit

There are two major lines of BRT in Hefei.The 1st line ranges from the square of municipal government to the Binhu New Area(simplified Chinese:"滨湖新区"）.It connects the old urban district to the Binhu New Area.

Research

Hefei plays an important role in scientific research in China. It has three national laboratories, second only to Beijing:The National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (国家同步辐射实验室), the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale (微尺度物质科学国家实验室), both of which are under the University of Science and Technology of China, and the National Laboratory for Nuclear Fusion (Tokamak) Research (磁约束核聚变国家实验室), under the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences, Institute of Plasma Physics, which itself is under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Hefei is the location of EAST, an experimental superconducting tokamak magnetic fusion energy reactor.

Universities

University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (中国科学技术大学)

Hefei University of Technology (HFUT) (合肥工业大学)

Anhui University (AHU) (安徽大学)

Anhui Agricultural University (AHAU) (安徽农业大学)

Anhui Medical University (AHMU) (安徽医科大学)

Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (AHTCM) (安徽中医学院)

Anhui Institute of Architecture and Industry (AIAI) (安徽建筑工业学院)

Hefei Normal University (HNU) (合肥师范学院)

Hefei University (HFU) (合肥学院)

Sport

Hefei has its own football team called Anhui Jiufang (安徽九方),who in the 2007-08 season were promoted from the Chinese Football Association Yi League to the Chinese Football Association Jia League which is the second highest tier of Chinese football.

Sites of interest

Xiaoyao Ford, a public park sitting on the ancient site of the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford.

Temple of Lord Bao, built in 1066 near the tomb of Lord Bao.

Li Hongzhang's Former Residence (李鸿章故居), built in the late 19th century and fully restored by the 1990s.

Hui Garden (徽园) (Opened to the public in September 2001)

Children's Welfare Institute (a.k.a. "Social Welfare Institute"), children's orphanage

Anhui Laomingguang Stadium, the home ground of Anhui Jiufang, but also used for other public sporting events.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Hefei is twinned with: Kurume, Japan (May 20, 1980) Freetown, Sierra Leone (March 20, 1984) Bujumbura, Burundi (July 7, 1986) Columbus, Ohio, United States (November 17, 1988) Aalborg, Denmark (April 22, 1989) Lleida, Spain (April 4, 1998) Wonju, South Korea (June 20, 2002) Darebin, Australia (October 29, 2003) Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (December 26, 2003)

Notable people

Bao Zheng (999–1062), Northern Song Dynasty bureaucrat and judge whose name has become synonymous with judicial wisdom and uprightness.

Chen Ning Yang, (b. 1922), 1957 Nobel Physics Prize laureate, one of the two earliest Chinese to receive the prize.

Li Hongzhang (1823–1901), prominent late Qing Dynasty bureaucrat and diplomat.

Duan Qirui (1865–1936), the Provisional Chief Executive of Republic of China (in Beijing) from November 24, 1924 to April 20, 1926.

Yang Yuanqing (b. 1964), Chairman of Board of Lenovo.

Liu Mingchuan (1836–1896). Statesman during the late Qing dynasty, first governor of Taiwan.

Jin Jing (b. 1981), paralympic fencer.

References

External links

- Hefei Online Government

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Chinesename	安徽省
Pinyin	Ānhuī Shěng
Englishname	Anhui Province
Name	Anhui
Abbreviation	皖
Abbrevpinyin	Wǎn
Isoabbrev	34
Map	China Anhui.svg
Originofname	安 ān - Anqing 徽 huī - Huizhou (now Huangshan city)
Administrationtype	Province
Capital	Hefei
Largestcity	Hefei
Secretary	Zhang Baoshun
Governor	Wang Sanyun
Area km2	139400
Arearank	22nd
Latitude	29° 24' to 34° 57' N
Longitude	114° 53' to 119° 39' E
Popyear	2010
Pop	59,500,510
Poprank	8th
Popdensity km2	440
Popdensityrank	9th
Gdpyear	2010
Gdp	1.22 trillion (US$181.1 billion)
Gdprank	14th
Gdppercapita	16,391
Gdppercapitarank	26th
Hdiyear	2008
Hdi	0.750
Hdirank	26th
Hdicat	medium
Nationalities	Han - 99% Hui - 0.6%
Prefectures	17
Counties	105
Townships	1845
Website	http://www.ah.gov.cn/(Simplified Chinese) }}

Anhui (, ) is a province of the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny section in the north. The capital of the province is Hefei.

The name "Anhui" derives from the names of two cities in south Anhui, Anqing and Huizhou (now Huangshan City). The abbreviation for Anhui is "皖" (Wǎn), because there were historically a State of Wan, a Mount Wan, and a Wan river in the province.

History

The province of Anhui was formed in the seventeenth century. Before then, there was no coherent concept of "Anhui". Northern Anhui was firmly a part of the North China Plain in terms of culture, together with modern-day Henan province. Central Anhui constituted most of the fertile and densely-populated Huai He River watershed. Southern Anhui, along the Yangtze, was closer to Hubei and southern Jiangsu provinces in culture. Finally, the hills of southeastern Anhui formed a unique and distinct cultural sphere of its own. The creation of the province of Anhui has not eroded these distinctions.

During the Shang Dynasty (16th to 11th century BC), most of Anhui was populated by non-Sinitic peoples known collectively as the Dongyi. King Tang of Shang, the legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty, was said to have put his capital at Bo (亳), in the vicinities of Bozhou in modern northern Anhui.

During the Warring States Period, Shouchun (modern Shou County) in central Anhui became a refugee capital for the state of Chu after its heartlands in modern Hubei province was overrun by the powerful state of Qin in the west, in 278 BC. Qin nevertheless managed to conquer all of China in 221 BC, creating the Qin Dynasty.

Anhui was administered under several different commanderies during the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. Near the end of the Han Dynasty, Shouchun became the base for the warlord Yuan Shu, who declared himself emperor at one point, but soon succumbed to illness, allowing his small realm to come under the powerful warlord Cao Cao, founder of the Wei Kingdom, one of the Three Kingdoms.

The 4th century saw the influx of nomadic tribes from Central Asia into North China. This began several centuries of political division of northern and southern China. Being at the juncture of north and south, the lands comprising modern Anhui changed hands frequently and was usually bisected through the middle politically. The Battle of Feishui, between the Former Qin of the north and the Eastern Jin Dynasty of the south, took place in 383 AD in modern Anhui.

The Sui Dynasty (581-618) and the Tang Dynasty (618-907) oversaw several centuries of relative peace and unity in China. During this period Anhui was once again ruled under several different jurisdictions.

During the division of China between the Jin Dynasty in the north and the Southern Song Dynasty in the south, Anhui was once again bisected, this time along the Huai He River. This lasted until Mongol reunification of China in 1279.

The Ming Dynasty drove out the Mongols in 1368. Due to a short stint as the capital of China by the city of Nanjing in nearby Jiangsu province, the entirety of Jiangsu and Anhui kept their special status as territory-governed directly by the central government, and were called Nanzhili (南直隸 "Southern directly-governed").

The Manchu Qing Dynasty, which conquered China in 1644, changed this situation by establishing Nanzhili as Jiangnan province; in 1666 Jiangsu and Anhui were split apart as separate provinces. This was the beginning of the contemporary Anhui province, which has since kept almost the same borders as today. The one significant change that occurred was the move of the provincial capital from Anqing to Hefei in 1946.

When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, Anhui was briefly split into two separate administrative regions: Wanbei (North Anhui) and Wannan (South Anhui). They were merged into a province in 1952.

In the 2007 book ''China Road'', author Rob Gifford stated that the Chinese refer to Anhui as a "big agricultural province" (农业大省). According to Gifford, this is a euphemism for a "very poor" area and that people have referred to Anhui as the "Appalachia of China."

Geography

Anhui is quite diverse topographically. The north of the province is part of the North China Plain while the north-central areas are part of the Huai He River watershed. Both of these regions are very flat and densely populated. The land becomes more uneven further south, with the Dabie Mountains occupying much of southwestern Anhui and a series of hills and ranges cutting through southeastern Anhui. The Yangtze River finds its way through south Anhui in between these two mountainous regions. The highest peak in Anhui is Lotus Peak, part of the Huangshan Mountains in southeastern Anhui. It has an altitude of 1873 m.

Major rivers include the Huai He in the north and the Yangtze in the south. The largest lake is Lake Chaohu in the center of the province, with an area of about 800 km². The southeastern part of the province near the Yangtze River has many lakes as well.

As with topography, the province differs in climate from north to south. The north is more temperate and has more clearcut seasons. January temperatures average at around -1 to 2 °C north of the Huai He, and 0 to 3 °C south of the Huai He; in July temperatures average 27 °C or above. Plum rains occur in June and July and may cause flooding.

Major cities: {| |

Hefei

Anqing

Huangshan City

Tongling

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Ma'anshan

Huainan

Bengbu

Bozhou

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Administrative divisions

Anhui is divided into seventeen prefecture-level divisions:

! Map	! #	! Name	! Hanzi	! Hanyu Pinyin	! Administrative Seat
1	Hefei	合肥市	Héféi Shì	Luyang District
2	Anqing	安庆市	Ānqìng Shì	Yingjiang District
3	Bengbu	蚌埠市	Bèngbù Shì	Longzihu District
4	Bozhou	亳州市	Bózhōu Shì	Qiaocheng District
5		巢湖市	Cháohú Shì	Juchao District
6	Chizhou	池州市	Chízhōu Shì	Guichi District
7	Chuzhou	滁州市	Chúzhōu Shì	Langya District
8		阜阳市	Fǔyáng Shì	Yingzhou District
9	Huaibei	淮北市	Huáiběi Shì	Lieshan District
10	Huainan	淮南市	Huáinán Shì	Tianjia'an District
11		黄山市	Huángshān Shì	Tunxi District
12	Lu'an	六安市	Lù'ān Shì
13	Ma'anshan	马鞍山市	Mǎ'ānshān Shì	Yushan District
14		宿州市	Sùzhōu Shì	Yongqiao District
15	Tongling	铜陵市	Tónglíng Shì	Tongguanshan District
16		芜湖市	Wúhú Shì	Jinghu District
17	Xuancheng	宣城市	Xuānchéng Shì	Xuanzhou District

The seventeen prefecture-level divisions of Anhui are subdivided into 105 county-level divisions (44 districts, five county-level cities, and 56 counties). Those are in turn divided into 1845 township-level divisions (972 towns, 634 townships, nine ethnic townships, and 230 subdistricts).

See List of administrative divisions of Anhui for a complete list of county-level divisions.

Politics

The Politics of Anhui Province is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The Governor of Anhui () is the highest ranking official in the People's Government of Anhui. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Anhui Communist Party of China Provincial Committee Secretary (), colloquially termed the "Anhui Party Chief".

Economy

Agriculture in Anhui varies according to the climate zones that the province crosses. North of the Huai He river wheat and sweet potatoes are grown, while south of the Huai He it is rice and wheat instead.

Natural resources of Anhui include iron in Ma'anshan, coal in Huainan, and copper in Tongling. There are industries related to these natural resources (e.g. steel industry at Ma'anshan). One of the famous Anhui-based corporations is the automobile company Chery, which is based in Wuhu.

Compared to its more successful neighbours to the east, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, Anhui has lagged markedly behind in economic development, with a GDP per capita around one third the level of those two provinces. There is great regional disparity as well, and most of the wealth is concentrated in industrial regions close to the Yangtze River, such as Hefei, Wuhu, and Ma'anshan.

Anhui's nominal GDP for 2010 was approximately 1.22 trillion yuan (US$181.1 billion), up 12.9% from 2008 and a per capita of 16,391 yuan (US$2,400). It is considered a mid-size economy in terms of economic output.

Anhui's largest companies include Anhui Conch Cement Company, a producer and distributor of cement, Guoyang Securities Co (SHE: 000728), a financial services provider, and Ma’anshan Iron & Steel, a producer of steel and iron.

Major Economic and Technological Development Zones

Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone

Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone is located in the southwest of Hefei. The zone is divided into two functional areas. The east part is allocated for manufacturing purpose and it also has two parks; the west part is where the business center, Hefei university town, and the international community center are located. It is established in 1993, and it is located close to Hefei Luogang International Airport.

Hefei Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone

Hefei Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone was founded in October 1990 and approved by the State Council as a state-level Development Zone in March 1991. In 1997, the Development Zone was ratified as an APEC Science and Technology Industrial Park, with special open policies to APEC and EU members. Hefei High Tech Park was also approved as a National High Tech Export Base in 2000 and obtained the award of a Advanced High Tech Zone under the Torch Program in 2003. So far, more than 100 hi-tech enterprises have entered the zone. Industries encouraged in the zone include Chemicals Production and Processing, Electronics Assembly & Manufacturing, Heavy Industry, Instruments & Industrial Equipment Production, Medical Equipment and Supplies, Research and Development, Telecommunications Equipment.

Wuhu Economic and Technological Development Zone

Established in 1993, Wuhu Economic & Technological Development Zone is the first state-level development zone approved by central government in Anhui Province. As the hub in the west of the Yangtze Delta, it is an ideal place for business in Central China and East China such as manufacturing place or logistic center due to great transportation advantage. Wuhu port is the last fine deepwater port here going against the Yangtse River. It is the main foreign trade base and overseas transportation center. It takes 1 hour from Wuhu to Nanjing Lukou International Airport and to Hefei Luogang Airport.

Wuhu Export Processing Zone

Wuhu Export Processing Zone was approved to be a national level export processing zone by State Council. Wuhu Export Processing Zone is located in the Wuhu EDZ, with a total planned area of 2.95 sqkm with the first-stage are being 1.1 sqkm. It is located close to Wuhu Airport and Wuhu Port. Industries encouraged in the zone include Electronics Assembly & Manufacturing, Heavy Industry, Instruments & Industrial Equipment Production, Shipping/Warehousing/Logistics, Trading and Distribution.

Demographics

Han Chinese make up the vast majority of the population. The Hui and She nationalities are the two largest minorities.

Anhui has a highly unbalanced gender ratio. According to a 2009 study published in the ''British Medical Journal'', in the 1-4 age group, there are 138 boys for every 100 girls, making it among the most unbalanced of provinces in China.

Culture

Anhui spans many geographical and cultural regions. The northern, flatter parts of the province, along the river Huai He and further north, are most akin to neighbouring provinces like Henan and Shandong. In contrast, the southern, hilly parts of the province are more similar in culture and dialect to other southern, hilly provinces, like Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

Mandarin dialects are spoken over the northern and central parts of the province. Dialects to the north (e.g. Bengbu dialect) are classified as Zhongyuan Mandarin, together with dialects in provinces such as Henan and Shandong; dialects in the central parts (e.g. Hefei dialect) are classfied as Jianghuai Mandarin, together with dialects in the central parts of neighbouring Jiangsu province. Non-Mandarin dialects are spoken in the south: dialects of Wu are spoken in Xuancheng prefecture-level city, though these are rapidly being replaced by Jianghuai Mandarin; dialects of Gan are spoken in a few counties in the southwest bordering Jiangxi province; and the Huizhou dialects are spoken in about ten counties in the far south, a small but highly diverse and unique group of Chinese dialects.

Huangmeixi, which originated in the environs of Anqing in southwestern Anhui, is a form of traditional Chinese opera popular across China. Huiju, a form of traditional opera originating in the Huizhou-speaking areas of southern Anhui, is one of the major precursors of Beijing Opera; in the 1950s, Huiju (which had disappeared) was revived. Luju is a type of traditional opera found across central Anhui, from east to west.

Anhui cuisine is one of the eight great traditions of Chinese cuisine. Combining elements of cooking from northern Anhui, south-central Anhui, and the Huizhou-speaking areas of southern Anhui, Anhui cuisine is known for its use of wild game and herbs, both land and sea, and comparatively unelaborate methods of preparation.

Anhui has a high concentration of traditional products related to calligraphy: Xuanzhou (today Xuancheng) and Huizhou (today Huangshan City) are revered for producing Xuan Paper and Hui Ink, respectively, which are traditionally considered the best types of paper and ink for Chinese calligraphy. She County is famous for the She Inkstone, one of the most preferred types of inkstones (a required tool in traditional calligraphy).

Tourism

Anhui's principal tourism sites include the following:

Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun (World Heritage Site).

Mount Huangshan (World Heritage Site)

Mount Jiuhua

Mount Qiyun

Mount Tianzhu

Old Town of Tunxi

Mount Langya

Zuiweng Pavilion, named after the poet Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072 CE).

Chao Lake

Taiji Cave, the longest karst cave in East China.

Zhenfeng Pagoda, a Ming Dynasty pagoda in Anqing City.

Development

In 2008, France helped the Anhui Provincial Tourism Bureau develop a rural tourism demonstration project.

Notable people

Hu Jintao

Zhuang Zi

Liu An

Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor)

Cao Cao

Liu Mingchuan

Bao Zheng

Zhan Tianyou

Chen Duxiu

Hu Shi

Chen Ning Yang

Jin Jing

Ke Qingshi

Colleges and universities

Anhui Agricultural University, in Hefei

Anhui Normal University, in Wuhu

Anhui University, in Hefei

Anhui University of Finance and Economics, in Bengbu

Anhui University of Technology, in Ma'anshan

Hefei University of Technology

Anhui University of Technology and Science, in Wuhu

University of Science & Technology of China, located in the Southwest part of Hefei

Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Anhui University of Science & Technology, in Huainan

Wannan Medical College, in Wuhu

Huainan Institute of Technology, in Huainan

Correspondence College of Computer of China

Chizhou University, in Chizhou

Chuzhou Normal Academy, in Chuzhou

Anhui Sanlian College, in Hefei

Electronic Engineering College of Hefei

Huaibei Coal Industry Normal College

Anqing Teachers College, in Anqing

Hefei Normal University, in Hefei

See also

References

External links

Anhui Government website

Anhui Provincial Tourism Administration Official Site

Economic profile for Anhui Province at HKTDC

Anhui Province Guide

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The China Travel Service () is the tourism and travel agency of the government of the People's Republic of China. It was established on November 19, 1949 tasked with marketing China to the rest of the world and to promote and develop its tourism economy. It is a subordinate agency to the National Tourism Administration.

See also

Tourism in China

China Visa Service

References

http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_travel/2003-09/24/content_36089.htm

External links

Official website

China Travel Solution - Official English website

China Travel Service (Hong Kong) official website

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