Hefei

Hefei is the capital and biggest city of Anhui Province in China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, financial, and social focal point of Anhui. Situated in the focal segment of the area, it fringes Huainan toward the north, Chuzhou toward the northeast, Wuhu toward the southeast, Tongling toward the south, Anqing toward the southwest and Lu'an toward the west.

Hefei was a calm market town of just around 30,000 in the mid-1930s; its populace developed more than ten times in the accompanying 20 years. The city's authoritative part was strengthened by the exchange of the common government from Anqing in 1949, however quite a bit of its new development got from its improvement as a modern city. A cotton process was opened in 1958, and a thermal creating plant, utilizing coal from Huainan, was built up in the mid 1950s.

It additionally turned into the seat of an industry delivering mechanical synthetics and compound manures. Notwithstanding a machine-apparatus works and building and rural hardware production lines, the city has built up an aluminum industry and an assortment of light ventures. There are a few colleges situated in the city. In the mid year of 2005, the city government actualized changes intended to enhance the city by devastating a huge number of unlawfully assembled structures, and cleaning up since a long time ago settled commercial centers in numerous parts of the city.