(1)外文名称: Hefei City
    (2)中文名称: 合肥市
    (3)内容:
                         Hefei City

   Hefei is an ancient city with a history of more than 2000 years. As early as 206 B.C. or so, between Qin and Han Dynasties, Hefei County was established and was put under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang Prefecture. In the Sui Dynasty (581-618), it was turned into the Prefecture of Luzhou with Hefei as the seat of the government, which had spanned the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Therefore, Luzhou is the another name of Hefei. On January 21, 1949, Hefei was liberated and turned into a city on February 1 of the same year and designated as the capital city of Anhui Province in 1952.
   Hefei, which has an area of 7,266 sq km and a population of 4.11 million, has three counties and four districts under its jurisdiction. Its urban area is 458 sq km with a population of 1.19 million. It is now the political, economic, cultural and financial center of Anhui Province. An open city approved by the State Council and one of the financial open cities, Hefei is also a major science and education base, and a future hub of railway transportation.
   Hefei's economy has been developing rapidly since it was liberated and especially since the policy of reform and opening up was initiated in 1979. In 1992, Hefei ranked 26th among the country's top 50 cities in terms of economic strength. It has 31 industrial sectors including machinery, metallurgy, electronics, chemicals, power, light and building materials. Its household appliances industry mainly produces refrigerators, washing machines and TV sets; its machinery industry produces automobiles, forklift trucks, grabs, complete sets of power distribution and transformation equipment; its chemical industry produces tires and daily-use articles and its building materials industry produces new-type building materials. In 1992, it was approved by the State Council as an open city.
   The economic development zones in Hefei include: the Hefei National High and New Technological Industrial Development
Zone; the Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone; and   The New Railway Station Development Zone.