魅力合肥
徽风和韵兼容八方风情
Hefei, a charming city,
characteristic of Anhui style integrated with various regional features
 
合肥，自秦置县，有2200年悠久历史；原巢湖市划入合肥后，源远流长的中华人文始祖之一有巢氏文化，又将合肥文化历史拉长至5000多年。
Hefei has a long history of over 2,200 years since it was made a county seat in the Qin Dynasty. Since the administrative division adjustment when the former Chaohu City was incorporated into Hefei, the culture of Youchao, one of the sources of Chinese nation and civilization initiated by our farthest forefathers who perched in nests at night, has made the history of Hefei traceable to more than 5,000 years ago.
 
三国时期，魏吴交兵长达32年之久，在合肥留下了逍遥津、教弩台、三国新城等众多历史遗迹。1949年合肥解放，同年2月建市。
During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Kingdom and Wu Kingdom fought here for 32 years, leaving Hefei many historic sites, such as Xiaoyaojin (a ferry named leisure), Jiaonutai (a crossbowmen training terrace) and Sanguo Xincheng (an ancient garrison of the Wei Kingdom). Hefei was liberated in 1949 and was made a city in February the same year.
 
合肥“为皖之中”，1952年成为安徽省省会。
As “Hefei is in the center of Anhui”, it was made provincial capital of Anhui in 1952.
 
合肥人杰地灵，名城辈出名人。三国名将周瑜，唐末诸侯吴王杨行密，宋代清官包拯，晚清重臣李鸿章，首任台湾巡抚刘铭传，著名将军冯玉祥、张治中、李克农，世界著名科学家杨振宁等均出自合肥。
Hefei is an auspicious place that has produced many talented people in history. Famous and influential figures born here include: Zhou Yu(175－210), an illustrious general in the Three Kingdoms period; Yang Xingmi (852―905), king of the Wu State, a vassal state in the late Tang Dynasty, Bao Zheng (999-1062), an upright judge in the Song Dynasty, Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), a leading personage of the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Mingchuan (1836-1896), the first governor of Taiwan in the Qing Dynasty, Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969) and Li Kenong (1899-1962), three famed generals in modern times and Dr. Chen Ning Yang, who is a world famous scientist and Nobel laureate.
合肥，“君子之城、道德之都”，“中国好人”数量居全国省会城市首位。
Hefei is hailed as “a moral city of virtuous people", for it ranks first among all the provincial capitals in terms of the number of “Chinese Good Samaritans”.
周瑜墓、包公祠、李鸿章故居、刘铭传故居、杨振宁故居等历史景观，串联起城市绵延千年的记忆。今天，渡江战役纪念馆、安徽名人馆、合肥大剧院、滨湖国际会展中心、塘西河水街、世博安徽馆、中国（合肥）非遗园和安徽省博物馆等一批标志性文化设施的建成开放，又成为中外客人钟情眷顾所在。
The tomb of Zhou Yu, the memorial temple for Lord Bao, the former residences of Li Hongzhang, Liu Mingchuan and Chen Ning Yang, and many other historic sites link the memory of the city through thousands of years. With the completion and opening to the public of the Yangtze-crossing Campaign Memorial Museum, Anhui Hall of Fame, Hefei Grand Theatre, Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center, Tangxi River Street, World Expo Anhui Pavilion, China (Hefei) Intangible Cultural Heritage Park, Anhui Provincial Museum and many landmarks of cultural facilities, Hefei has become an appealing destination for tourists both from home and abroad.
合肥，文化鼎盛。韵味悠长的庐剧、巢湖民歌，是合肥独特的文化符号。
Hefei basks in profound cultural prosperity. Luju Opera, a traditional local opera known for its lasting tune in melody, and Chaohu folk songs are the distinctive cultural symbols of Hefei.
合肥，美食荟萃。麻饼、烘糕、寸金、白切为合肥传统的“四大名点”，历千年而不衰；曹操鸡、包公鱼、庐州烤鸭、吴山贡鹅、李鸿章大杂烩等传统名菜回味绵长；庐江的小红头、肥西三河的米饺、长丰下塘的烧饼、肥东的狮子头,各地均有美食；遍布食肆的小龙虾则成就合肥“中国淡水龙虾之都”的地位；合肥市内，南京1912、罍街、万达美食广场、星巴克、俏江南、马克西姆等丰富多元的中外美食融合，让每个来到合肥的人，都能真切感受到“舌尖上的合肥”。点心
Hefei is a paradise for gourmets. Mabing, Honggao, Cunjin and Baiqie are the four traditional local pastries popular over hundreds of years; Caocao Chicken, Baogong Fish, Luzhou Roasted Duck, Wushan Imperial Goose and Li Hongzhang Hotchpotch are the time-honored signature dishes; Lujiang has Xiaohongtou stuffed bun, Sanhe has rice dumpling, Xiatang baked cake and Feidong giant meat ball, to name but a few of the specialties at different localities of the city; cooked crayfish that you can find in almost all the eating places has earned Hefei the title “the city of crayfish in China”; the urban area shows a kind of mixture of various elements of Chinese and Western foods, represented by Nanjing 1912, Leijie Stalls, Wanda Food Plaza, Starbucks, South Beauty, and Maxim’s. It is evident that everyone can really have a bite of Hefei when he or she visits the city.

枢纽合肥
通江达海连通东西南北
Hefei, a hub city，
leading to the Yangtze and coastal regions and easily accessible from all directions
合肥区位优越，是全国重要的区域性综合交通枢纽。
As a regional integrated transport hub of national importance, Hefei enjoys location advantage.
合肥已成全省公路交通中心，与合肥经济圈各城间的“1小时通勤圈”呼之欲出；6条铁路、7条高速公路（合宁、合徐、合巢芜、合安、合铜黄、合六叶、合淮阜）在合肥交汇，实现1小时内到南京，2小时45分钟到上海，2小时22分钟到武汉，4小时到北京；年吞吐能力1200万人次的4E级新桥国际机场，有直达香港、澳门、台湾，韩国、新加坡、日本、德国的航班，到北京、上海、广州、重庆等城市的航程均不超过一个半小时；合肥水运通过巢湖直通长江，合肥新港1500吨级货船可通江达海……合肥海关已与长江三角洲地区实行了区域一体化通关。
Now the city is the highway transportation center in the province, and a “one-hour commuting radius" highway network in the Hefei Economic Sphere among the cities is ready to appear. Six railways and seven highways (Hefei-Nanjing, Hefei-Xuzhou, Hefei-Chaohu-Wuhu, Hefei-Anqing, Hefei-Tongling-Huangshan, Hefei-Lu’an-Yeji and Hefei-Huainan-Fuyang) intersect in Hefei. By high-speed railways, one can reach Nanjing in one hour, Shanghai two hours and forty-five minutes, Wuhan two hours and twenty-two minutes and Beijing four hours. Direct flights are served to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, ROK, Japan and Germany from Xinqiao Airport International, which is a 4-E rated airport with an annual handling capacity of 12 million passengers, and the flying time from the airport to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Chongqing is no more than an hour and a half. The waterway of Hefei leads to the Yangtze through Chaohu Lake, and 1,500-ton cargo ships can sail from Hefei Xingang Port to the cities along the Yangtze and in coastal regions... Hefei is authorized to accomplish regional integrated cargo clearance with customs houses of the cities in the Yangtze River Delta.
 
市内交通方面，合肥先后建成9大高架，地铁1、2号线分别将在2016年底和2017年上半年实现通车，而到2020年，合肥将建设5条轨道交通线，初步奠定全市轨道交通网络。
For better urban transport, Hefei has built nine elevated highways successively. The subway line No.1 and No. 2 will be operational by the end of 2016 and in the first half of 2017 respectively and, by 2020, Hefei will have built five rail transit lines that will be the basic foundation for rail transit network of the city in the future.
 

智慧合肥
先行先试的创新DNA
Hefei, a smart city,
with pioneering and innovative DNA
    先行先试，创新元素在合肥无所不在。
That Hefei could take the lead in exploring new things is because the omnipresent atmosphere of innovation.
合肥诞生了世界上第一台DVD和仿生洗衣机、全球首个城域量子通信试验示范网、中国第一台空调、第一辆微型汽车、第一台微型计算机、第一条纯电动公交线路……合肥是世界科技城市联盟（WTA）会员城市，作为中国四大“科教基地”之一，合肥是全国首个科技创新型试点市。
Hefei is the birthplace of the first DVD player, the first bionic washing machine and the first demonstration network of metro quantum secure communication in the world. It is also the birthplace of the first air conditioner, the first mini vehicle (mini-bus and mini-van), the first microcomputer and the first pure-electric bus line in China... Hefei is a member city of the World Technopolis Association (WTA), one of the four science and education bases in China and the only national sci-tech innovation pilot city.
合肥拥有中科院合肥物质科学研究院等各类研发机构820家。在肥工作的两院院士70人；拥有中国科学技术大学等各类高校60所，在校大学生50余万人，科技人才比例居全国同类城市前列；合肥拥有国家大科学工程5个，是国内除北京以外大科学工程最密集的地区。
Hefei houses 820 research institutes in various categories including Hefei Institutes of Physical Science under Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei is the work place of 70 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering and Hefei is home to USTC and other universities and colleges, 60 in total, with a student population of over 500,000. In terms of percentage of technical personnel in the population, Hefei ranks forefront among all the cities of the same category in China. Hefei undertakes five national key scientific engineering projects and it is the densest area in terms of scientific engineering projects, next only to Beijing.
2013年，合肥国家高新技术企业数达708家，位居全国省会城市第8位。合肥高校院所和企业主持或参与(的项目)获得2013年度国家奖12项，为历年最多，其中获国家自然科学奖一等奖1项，填补了连续三年的空缺。连续8次蝉联全国科技进步先进市。英国《自然》杂志发布，合肥基础科研实力位居全国第三，自主创新起到了重要的“支撑发展”和“引领未来”的作用。
In 2013, there were 708 national high-tech enterprises in Hefei, ranking the city eighth among all the provincial capitals in China. The projects led by or with the participation of Hefei-based institutions of higher-learning, research institutes and enterprises won 12 national awards in 2013, hitting a record high. Among the awards, there was a first prize of the National Natural Science Award, which filled the vacancy that lasted for three consecutive years. Hefei has stood for eight consecutive years as a national advanced city for scientific and technological progress. According to the British science journal Nature, the city ranks third in terms of basic scientific research strength in China and the independent innovation of the city has played an important role in supporting the needs of, and leading the way for the city’s development.
 
“省院合作、市校共建”的中国科大先进技术研究院2013年投用；合肥工业大学智能制造技术研究院又已启动建设，计划4~5年时间建成国内领先、国际一流的新型产业研究院。与此同时，清华大学公共安全研究院、中科院技术创新工程院、安徽北大未名生物经济研究院等一批高端研发平台正在筹建。HT-7U超导托卡马克、全超导托卡马克、国家同步辐射等大批实验室植根合肥，承接稳态强磁场实验装置、托卡马克核聚变实验装置辅助加热系统等一批重大项目；公共安全、新能源汽车等十大战略性新兴产业研究院将相继建成。未来，合肥将布局研发未来网，建设量子保密通信京沪干线总控中心，在美国硅谷设立办事处直接转移国际技术。合肥，正致力于打造“江淮硅谷”，向着“中国硅谷”的奋斗目标迈进，同时依托国内首个科技创新型试点市，计划用5至10年时间基本建成国家创新型城市，打造“中科智城”。
 The USTC Institute of Advanced Technology, featuring cooperation between Anhui and CAS and constructed by USTC and Hefei, saw its inauguration in 2013. Another round of construction kicked off for the HFUT Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology that will turn the institute into a domestically leading and internationally first-class one in new industry research. At the same time, a group of high-end R&D platforms are under construction, including the Tsinghua University Institute of Public Safety Research, the CAS Institute of Technology Innovation and Anhui Institute of Beida Weiming Biological Engineering Group Co., Ltd. HT-7U superconducting Tokamak, Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory and many national key laboratories have deeply rooted in Hefei. Now the city undertakes a group of key projects such as the experimental facility, for steady high magnetic field and the auxiliary heating system for Tokamak nuclear fusion experimental facility. The constructions of ten R&D institutions for public safety, new energy vehicles and other strategic emerging industries will soon be completed one after another. In addition, Hefei has arranged research and development on Future Network, is constructing a general control center for quantum secure communication system along the main line between Beijing and Shanghai and will launch an office in Silicon Valley in the USA to facilitate international technology transfer to Hefei. At present, Hefei is committed to creating an Anhui “Silicon Valley" and striving to make it a Chinese “Silicon Valley". In the mean time, the city plans, based on the first-ever sci-tech innovation pilot city project in China, to reach the goal of making the city a national innovation city and a sci-tech smart city in China.
 
合肥不断深化科技、行政管理体制改革，破除了体制束缚，为合肥跨越发展增添后劲，带来新气象，也让“大湖名城、创新高地”的吸引力和辐射效应充分彰显。
Hefei has never stopped its effort in scientific and administrative restructuring. After it broke through the system restraints, it has restored stamina for leaping development. The reform of scientific and administrative systems brings new vitality to the city, making the attractiveness and influential effect of this innovative lake city more outstanding.
 
 

实力合肥
一城精彩演绎弯道超越
Hefei，a powerful city,
surpassing other cities in fierce development competition
 
转型升级，结构调整，合肥，正以全新的姿态成为全国区域经济版图上的“新坐标点”。
Transforming, upgrading and restructuring, Hefei becomes a new coordinate point on the national map of regional economies with a complete new look.
 
35个工业行业、200多个工业门类、2000多种工业大类产品，已深植于合肥工业沃土；汽车、装备制造、家用电器等八大重点产业硕果累累；新型平板显示、太阳能光伏、节能环保、生物、新材料、公共安全、新能源、新能源汽车等战略性新兴产业从无到有，迅速崛起；6代线落户合肥的基础上，京东方8.5代线于2013年底在合肥点亮首屏，这是中国首条氧化物面板生产线；大陆轮胎、联宝千万级笔记本电脑生产基地、联想产业基地等一大批标志性大项目落地生效，迅速集聚，工业结构不断提档升级。
Now the city boasts of 200 sectors in 35 industries, producing more than 2,000 categories of products. The eight pillar industries like automobile, equipment manufacturing and home appliances show fruitful achievements. Strategic emerging industries, such as new flat panel display, solar energy, energy saving, environmental protection, biotechnology, new materials, public safety, new energy and new energy vehicles, rise rapidly from scratch. After the launching of a G-6 panel production line in Hefei, BOE’s G-8.5 line was put into production at the end of 2013, which is the first oxide TFT production line in China. With the move-in and setting up of Continental Tire, LCFC’s 10-million-laptop production base, Lenovo industrial base and a large number of iconic projects, Hefei witnesses a rapid clustering and upgrading of industries.
 
合肥先后荣膺“中国家电产业基地”、“国家级两化融合试验区”、“国家流通领域现代物流示范城市”、“中国服务外包示范城市”和“国家动漫产业基地”等称号；入选国家现代物流技术应用和共同配送试点城市。
Hefei has won such honors or tiles as China home appliances industry base, national pilot area for integration of IT application and industrialization, national demo city of modern logistics (in distribution field), China service outsourcing demonstration city and national animation industry base. It has been selected as a pilot city for application of modern logistics technology and joint distribution.
 
合肥，已成为中国最大的家电生产基地、重要的汽车城，努力建成全国重要的战略性新兴产业基地，主要经济指标平均增速连续六年位列全国省会城市前列。
Thanks to the efforts to make the city a nationally important strategic emerging industry base, Hefei is now the largest home appliances production base and an important city for automobile manufacturing in China. The city has been on top list for six consecutive years among all the provincial capitals in China in terms of average growth rate shown by major economic growth indicators.
 
万达文旅城、华南城项目开工建设，南车、北车先后牵手合肥，合肥巢湖国际帆船俱乐部将扬帆远航，金融后台服务中心、物联网产业园、国家级动漫基地、呼叫中心之都，大批现代服务业项目遍地花开，展望未来，“十二五”期间，合肥将形成26个现代服务业聚集区。
Wanda Cultural Tourism City and Huanancheng Hopsca are under construction, China South Rail Corporation Limited (CSR) and China South Rail Corporation Limited (CNR) come to Hefei for cooperation, and Hefei Chaohu International Yacht Club will soon be in operation. Financial back-office service center, Internet of Things Industry Park, national animation base, combined call center and many other projects in modern service industry have settled in Hefei. Looking to the future, Hefei will have 26 clustering areas of modern services by 2015.
 
根据美国布鲁金斯学会发布的2012年度《全球都市圈监测报告》，合肥经济圈的人均GDP增速和新增就业率分别位居全球300个都市经济体的第1位和第2位。在央视“全国最具幸福感城市”调查评选中，合肥连续三年跻身前三甲。
According to the edition of the Globe MetroMonitor 2012 released by the Brookings Institution based in the U.S.A., the per capita GDP growth rate and the new employment rate of the Hefei Economic Sphere ranked first and second respectively among 300 urban economies. In the survey and selection of "the happiest cities in China" run by CCTV, Hefei has been listed among the top three for three consecutive years.
 

投资合肥
共襄盛举,恰逢其时
Hefei, a rewarding city,
the right investment destination at the right time
 
以壮士断腕的决心推动效能革命，合肥，正朝着全国投资发展环境最优的“创业福地”迈进。
Hefei is absolutely determined to promote efficiency revolution and striving to make itself an "entrepreneurial paradise" with the most optimal business environment in China.
 
合肥市荣获“全国创业先进城市”称号。围绕创建国家级创业型城市，合肥出台了“七大政策”鼓励创业，放宽准入门槛的同时，放宽创业经营场所，合肥积极创建国家级创业城市，以良好的投资创业环境，赢得了创业者的青睐，赢来“创业之都”美誉。
Hefei is recognized as a “National Advanced City for Entrepreneurship”. To earn that recognition, Hefei had introduced seven major policies to encourage entrepreneurship and accelerate the process of making Hefei a national entrepreneurial city. While lowering administrative and regulatory entry barrier for businesses, the city relaxed its restrictions placed on their premises. As Hefei is active in building itself into a national entrepreneurial city, its good investment environment has won the favor of start-ups and won the acclamation for being a good place for business pioneers.
 
在实施投融资体制、城市建设管理体制、招投标管理体制、行政审批制度等12项改革之后，合肥被冠之以全国审批环节最优、办事效率最高、服务意识最强城市的美誉，先后被评为“全国十大经商成本最低城市”、“浙商投资最佳服务城市”和“跨国公司眼中最具投资价值的中国城市”。
After the implementation of the 12 reforms, such as those governing the investment and financing system, city construction management system, tendering management system as well as administrative review and approval system, Hefei is praised as a city with the most optimal review and approval procedure, the highest efficiency in processing business applications and having the strongest service awareness in China. Hefei has been rated as one of the 10 cities with the lowest business cost in China, regarded as a city with the best services for investment by Zhejiang investors and recognized as the most valuable city in China for Investment by multinationals.
 
合肥先后荣获“中国投资环境50优城市”、“中国城市整体竞争力和成长竞争力30强”。 在中国社科院《中国城市竞争力蓝皮书》中被列为未来10年“中国最具发展潜力的城市”， 其中合肥的社会公平竞争力指数在全国城市中排在第一位，2012年跻身中国最佳投资城市前三强。
Hefei has made the lists of the top 50 cities for excellent investment environment and the top 30 cities for overall and growth competitiveness in China. In the blue book of the Annual Report on Urban Competitiveness issued by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Hefei was on the list of the cities having the most potential for development in the next decade in China. Among all the indicators, the social fair competition index ranked Hefei atop all the cities in China. In 2012, Hefei was rated among the top three as a best city for investment in China.
 
2014年，国务院正式批准同意设立合肥综合保税区，这是安徽省首个综合保税区，规划面积2.6平方公里。合肥综合保税区作为安徽省承接产业转移的重要平台，再为合肥招商引资增添一块"金字招牌"，并为促进安徽省加快开放型经济发展产生积极效应。
In 2014, the State Council officially approved the establishment of the Hefei Comprehensive Bonded Zone, the first ever in Anhui with a planned area of 2.6 square kilometers. As an important platform in Anhui for undertaking industry transfer, this bonded zone adds another "gilded signboard" for inbound investment to the city and, it will bring about a positive effect for the speedy development of the open economy in the province.