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Hefei is located in the center of Anhui province between the Yangtze River and Huai River. It is also home to the Chaohu Lake.
It is located at the border of the subtropical zone and temperate zone, resulting in 4 distinct seasons and a pleasant climate. Its annual average temperature is 15.7c, and its annual average precipitation is 1,000mm, while 230 days out of the year is above freezing temperature. |
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Basic Statistics |
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| Administration |
| Hefei has its own court jurisdiction and is made up of 4 and is made of 4 districts and 3 counties. Its total area is 7,266㎢ and has a population of 4.6 million. The area for the urban area is 458㎢ with a population of 1.43 million.. |
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| City Overview |
Hefei, a newly industrialized city of China, is one of the top 50 cities of the nation. Hefei is home to 34 different industries and produces over 2,000 types of goods including mechanical, electric, fibers, light industries, chemicals and dry materials.
Of then 250 types of items are exported and the overall industrial structure is well developed. 3 districts of Hefei is located at the development area of power companies and is placed within the top 25 of China. Recently, science and production technologies were newly introduced to increase productivity for agricultural goods and feed goods.
As a major center for commerce, it has a highly developed system with the shops on display. The government also approved opening up Hefei from a financial aspect. In 1992, Hefei was awarded as a clean city, outstanding environment-management city, excellent tourism city and a safe city through the cooperation of the military and civilians. |
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| Science and Technology |
| Hefei is the center of science and technology in the region and possesses science technologies in many fields. It is the birthplace of the nobel physics award winner Chen Ning Yang and located here are the University of Science Technology of China, Hefei University of Technology, 50 vocational schools, 190 research centers and the Chinese Academy of Sciences branch, making it a leader among cities with a similar size. |
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| Sister Cities and Open-Up Policies |
| In terms of opening up the city, Hefei began making sister cities since the 1980s with Kurume of Japan, Columbus, Ohio of the US, Aalborg of Denmark, Freetown of Sierra Leone, Bujumbura of Burundi and Lleida of Spain. For the past several years, Hefei had considerable success in using foreign capital. |
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