Honored as National Garden City, National Sanitary City, China's Excellent Tourism City, one of the four major science and education bases in the country, the country's only scientific and technological innovation pilot city, the country's first pilot city for economical and intensive land use, the national urban informatization pilot city, and China Habitat
The city that won the Environmental Award, the China Human Settlements Environment Example Award, the National Grade A Open City, the Top 50 National Cities in Comprehensive Strength, the National Excellent City in Comprehensive Urban Environment Improvement, one of the 45 highway transportation hub cities in the country, and the National Under Construction
Railway transportation hub Hefei City Overview Hefei is the capital of Anhui Province and the province's political, economic, cultural, science and education, commerce, transportation and information center.
Hefei enjoys the reputation of "the hometown of the Three Kingdoms, the hometown of Bao Zheng, the cradle of the Huai Army, a science and education base, and a new lakeside city". Because the Dong Fei River and Nan Fei River originate from here, it is called "Hefei"; because it was the capital of Luzhou during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
It is the place of governance, so it is also called "Luzhou".
Hefei is located between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, on the shores of Chaohu Lake, and at the western end of the Yangtze River Delta region. It connects the river to the sea, connects the east to the west, connects the north and the south, and has an important geographical advantage of connecting the Central Plains.
The total city area is 7,029.48 square kilometers, the total registered population is 4.8674 million, and the urbanization rate is 62.4%.
It currently governs three counties: Feidong, Feixi, and Changfeng, and four districts: Yaohai, Luyang, Shushan, and Baohe. It is endowed with Hefei National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Hefei National Economic and Technological Development Zone, and Hefei New Station Comprehensive Experimental Zone.
Municipal management authority.
Hefei is an important transportation hub city in the country. Since ancient times, Hefei has been known as "the lips and teeth of Jiangnan, the right throat of Huaihe River" and "the first county of Jianghuai River and the center of Wu and Chu". Chairman Mao once praised "Hefei is good, and it is among the Anhui Province".
A strategic military town and a battleground for military strategists.
Today, Hefei is a natural member of the coastal hinterland, the frontier of the inland, and the "Pan-Yangtze River Delta" economic zone. With Hefei as the center and a radius of 500 kilometers, it covers 7 provinces and 1 city in eastern and central China.
Hefei is a national regional comprehensive transportation hub, and its three-dimensional transportation network is constantly improving.
The Huainan, Hejiu and Hexi railways intersect here, and the Hening and Hewu high-speed railways have also been completed and put into use. It takes less than an hour from Hefei to Nanjing and just over 2 hours to Shanghai and Wuhan.
The Hebei-Beng Passenger Dedicated Line is under construction, the Hefu and Hehang Passenger Dedicated Lines, the Hefu-He'an intercity railway and the Helu Copper Railway are about to start construction. By then, it will only take 3 hours from Hefei to Beijing.
National highways 206 and 312 and highways such as Hening, Hexu, Hewu, He'an, Hehuaifu, Hetonghuang, and Heliuye pass through it. It only takes 2 hours to get to Nanjing and only 2 hours to Shanghai and Wuhan.
4-5 hours.
The construction of Hefu and Hema expressways is about to begin.
Hefei's water transportation connects the river and the sea via Chaohu Lake. It is an inland water transportation center planned by the Ministry of Transport. The Jianghuai Canal construction project that is being launched will make Hefei a water transportation center connecting the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River.
Hefei Port plans to build a container terminal in the near and long term.
Hefei Luogang Airport is an important international alternate airport in the country. It has opened more than 30 domestic routes and direct flights to Hong Kong and Taipei. This year, it has opened international flights to Seoul, South Korea. It only takes 40 minutes to get to Shanghai, and to Beijing, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong.
It only takes 1.5 hours and only 2 hours to get to Taipei.
A new 4E-level airport, Hefei Xinqiao International Airport, is under construction and is expected to be put into use by the end of 2012.
Hefei is an outstanding tourist city in China. Hefei is a green city and an ecological city. In 1992, it became one of the first three "National Garden Cities" named by the country.
By the end of 2008, the area of ??garden green space in Hefei's built-up areas reached 8,744.8 hectares, the urban green space rate reached 38.91%, the green coverage rate reached 43.93%, and the per capita public green space area was 11.44 square meters.
The open ring-shaped park, which stretches for 8.7 kilometers and covers an area of ??137.6 hectares, forms a "garden in the city and city in the garden" urban landscape blending pattern, which is unique in the country.
On the basis of further greening the gardens around the city, four new natural scenic spots were built on the "green ribbon" surrounding the ancient city, known as "one necklace, four pearls".
On the basis of renovating the "Eight Scenes of Luyang" in the past - "the rhyme of the Huai River, the bells of the Buddhist temple, the color of the grass in the Tibetan boat, the shade of the crossbow pine trees, the snow in the Shushan Mountain, the spring melt in Huaipu, the night moon in Chaohu Lake, and the morning glow on the four peaks".
Ten newly built natural attractions and Shushan Forest Park, Botanical Garden, Huachong Park, Xinghua Park, Yaohai Park, Qingxi Park, Galaxy Park, etc., coupled with dozens of neighborhood parks inside and outside the city, make the city form a city.
There is a garden, and in the garden there is a world of colorful flowers and green trees.
Hefei is an outstanding eco-tourism city in the country.
Currently, there are ten national 4A-level tourist attractions: Bao Park, Hui Garden, Provincial Museum, Hefei Wildlife Park, Sanhe Scenic Area, Fengle Ecological Park, Yuan Shuangfeng Lake International Tourism Resort, Three Kingdoms Heritage Park, Feixi Zipeng Mountain
Scenic Area and Feidong Daishan Lake Scenic Area.
Hefei is also an important tourism distribution center in Anhui Province. Within a radius of 250 kilometers, there are nationally famous tourist attractions such as Mount Huangshan and Mount Jiuhua.
Hefei is a famous historical city with rich cultural heritage: "Bao Gong culture, Three Kingdoms culture, Huaijun culture, and Buddhist culture" - the four major cultures are inclusive.
Hefei has a history of more than 2,000 years since the establishment of Hefei County in the Qin Dynasty.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei and Wu fought here, leaving behind historical relics such as Xiaoyaojin, the Crossbow Platform, and the Three Kingdoms New City.