Since the establishment of Hefei County in the Qin Dynasty, Hefei has a history of more than 2,200 years. The following information is provided for reference
Fei, known as Luzhou in ancient times, has an urban layout centered on the old city surrounded by a city-ring park, extending to the east, north and southwest wings, integrating urban and rural areas and blending the garden and city. There are complete industrial categories, prosperous commerce and trade, and developed science, education, culture, health and sports. Today, Hefei has been built into a national garden city, a national sanitary city, a national Grade A city open to the outside world, one of the top 50 cities in the country in comprehensive urban strength, a national excellent city in comprehensive urban environment improvement, one of the four major science and education bases in the country, and 45 highway transportation hubs in the country. It is one of the cities and a railway transportation hub under construction in the country. It is the political, economic, transportation and cultural center of the province.
Hefei has a long history and outstanding people. As early as the Xia and Shang dynasties, the "Huaiyi" people living in the territory were a tribal group in the early civilization of mankind. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the political, economic, cultural and other aspects of development within the territory were "all better than Huaizuo". During the Western Han Dynasty, Hefei was established as a county. Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty changed Hefei County into the Marquis of Hefei. As a result, "Hefei was regarded as the most important place in other cities." During the Jian'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty (about 200 years ago), Hefei became the seat of Yangzhou. Since then, for more than 1,700 years, Hefei has been the capital city of the state.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Hefei was once an important town of the Wei State and a battleground for military strategists. Wu and Wei fought here several times, making this land a famous ancient battlefield. The stories of Cao Cao ordering generals to teach crossbows, Zhang Liao's power to shock Xiaoyaojin, and Lord Wu leaping on his horse and flying on a bridge are still talked about today. The ancient religious crossbow platform, Zhang Liao's tomb, and the Hefei New City of the Three Kingdoms have become the scenic spots in Hefei today.
Hefei is the hometown of Bao Zheng, a generation of upright officials who were upright, selfless, helped the country, and repeatedly rectified unjust cases. Since ancient times, Hefei has gathered talents, such as Xu Nanyang, a brilliant lexiconist, Shen Shiweng, a calligrapher, Zhang Zhiren, a national Go player, and Zhang Zhiren, a national Go player. Tang Dianqing, a master of national martial arts, all came from Hefei. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Huai Army, a modern military group in Chinese history, was born in Hefei. From the 1860s to the 1870s, the Huai Army completed the transition of the Chinese army from cold weapons to hot weapons and pioneered the modernization of the Chinese army. In the military and political circles, a large number of Huai army generals and staff constituted an important faction in modern Chinese history - the Huai clique. Li Hongzhang started his career in the Huai Army and rose to the rank of Governor-General of Zhili and Beiyang Minister. He controlled the government for more than 20 years and was a famous representative of the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty.
Hefei was once a commercial city in history. After Hefei was established as a county, private commerce and trade developed further. Hefei is blessed with the golden waterway of the Fei River. It can reach the Yangtze River from Chaohu Lake in the south, and the Huaihe River via Wabu Lake in the north. In addition, there are land routes that can reach the surrounding areas, and the transportation is convenient, making it a distribution center for agricultural and sideline products from the north and the south. Coupled with the gathering of skilled folk craftsmen and the development of handicraft industry, Hefei has gradually formed a prosperous commercial city and become one of the 16 largest shopping malls in the country.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Hefei's economic construction has entered a stage of healthy and rapid development. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the joint production contract responsibility system was fully implemented in agriculture. The Huanghua Brigade of Shannan Shishugang Commune in Feixi County took the lead in implementing household quotas in September 1978. Xiaojingzhuang, Shannan Town actively implemented the Huanghua Brigade's practices and achieved remarkable results in production development, which was fully affirmed by Deng Xiaoping. Following Huanghua Brigade and Xiaojingzhuang in Feixi County, Longgang Village in Chengdong Township on the outskirts of the city has become a famous Chinese village, a national demonstration site for creating civilized villages and towns, and the first village in Anhui through reform and development. This village and Feixi Xiaojingzhuang were both included in the large-scale special documentary "Light of the Earth" by CCTV.
Entering the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" period, Hefei City has implemented comprehensive structural adjustments that combine enterprise organizational structure, ownership structure and industrial product structure, optimized capital structure, established a modern enterprise system, vigorously developed the non-public ownership economy, and vigorously Support and develop the individual and private economy, implement a development strategy in which multiple economic components coexist and diversified economies go hand in hand. Hefei Meiling Group Holdings Co., Ltd., Hefei Baida Group Holdings Co., Ltd., Hefei Fengle Seed Industry Co., Ltd., Anhui Guofeng Plastic Industry Co., Ltd. A number of joint-stock enterprises with competitiveness and development potential, such as Industrial Co., Ltd., have been developed into listed companies, and a number of leading enterprises in Anhui's light industry province, such as Meiling Group Holdings Co., Ltd. and Royalstar Group Holdings Co., Ltd., have been established. The proportion of the city's primary, secondary and tertiary industries in the national economy is increasingly optimized.
At the same time, we will strengthen external introduction and internal cooperation, develop high-tech and famous products, and increase the introduction of foreign investment in accordance with the principle of "large area, small scale", increase foreign exports, and create a new situation of rapid production development and rapid economic growth.
Hefei City closely adheres to the overall idea of ??"seizing opportunities, deepening reform, opening up to development, rebuilding a new Hefei, and building a modern big city", and in accordance with the urban master plan approved by the State Council, it implements "shrinking layout, controlling With the recent construction policy of "land acquisition, reasonable filling and enrichment, and segmented reconstruction of the old city" and the requirements of "big, fast, beautiful and strong", we have successively completed the construction of many main roads such as Jinzhai Road, Changjiang Road, Meiling Avenue, and Royalstar Avenue. Renovation and expansion projects have built a number of high-standard new arterial roads such as Shouchun Road and Mengcheng Road, built the country's first-class four-story interconnected Wulitun Overpass, opened the first ring road, built the second ring road, and connected the city The numerous T-shaped roads in the district were transformed into a main road skeleton mainly in the shape of a well-shaped one, with a total length of 1,010 kilometers, doubling the area of ??the built-up area. While renovating and expanding urban roads, the Hefei section of Hefei's 7 trunk lines and 46 branch lines that radiate to the outside has also been expanded and renovated, shortening the travel distance between Hefei and surrounding cities and enhancing Hefei's external radiation. power and attraction. With the completion and opening of Hefei-Jiujiang Railway, the completion and opening of Hefei New Railway Station and Hefei West Railway Station and the advancement of the Hefei Railway Hub construction project, the transportation capacity and level of Hefei Railway have been improved. After expansion and renovation, Hefei Luogang Airport has opened operating flights to more than 30 large and medium-sized cities across the country, and has opened regular weekly direct flights to Hong Kong. The annual passenger throughput has reached 1.5 million. The reconstruction and construction of the Nanfei River channel in Hefei was completed, further developing Hefei's water transportation. The all-round construction and development of Hefei's transportation, land, sea and air go hand in hand, forming a modern three-dimensional transportation network that crisscrosses and extends in all directions. Today, Hefei Transportation has developed into one of the 45 major highway transportation hub cities in the country, a railway transportation hub under construction nationwide, and a transportation center in the province.
Hefei City continues to increase its efforts in residential development and construction, and has successively built Xiyuan New Village, Amber Villa, Nanyuan New Village and other residential areas with elegant environment, complete functions and complete supporting facilities. The housing conditions of residents have been greatly improved. improvement. Amber Villa, Nanyuan and Xiyuan Xincun residential communities won the Comprehensive Gold Medal Award for Residential Community of the Ministry of Construction, the Luban Award for Engineering Quality and the Italian "Liguria" International Special Honor Award respectively. In 2001, the city's per capita housing area reached 15.3 square meters.
Hefei insists on implementing the strategy of "revitalizing the city through science and education". After the University of Science and Technology of China moved to Hefei in the early 1970s, the Hefei Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was established on Dongpu Island in the western suburbs. In the 1980s, scientific research institutions such as the 16th, 38th, and 43rd Institutes of the Ministry of Electronic Industry successively moved to Hefei. There are 16 general colleges and universities in the city, with more than 84,200 students enrolled. The number of special libraries at the provincial, municipal and county levels has grown to 6, with a collection of 2.715 million books. There are 658 health and medical institutions at all levels (including 232 specialist and general hospitals) with 12,521 hospital beds. The comprehensive development of science, education, culture, health and sports has made Hefei one of the important science and education bases in the country.