The curtain of the 2011 China Anhui Snow Beer Festival will lift at precisely 19:19 on the night of June 24th. During the 9-day festival with the theme of “beer, music and carnival”, visitors will have chances to participate in many colourful ... Read More>>
The annual Lotus Exhibition will be held at the Hefei Botanical Garden in late June. The garden currently boasts 3,700 potted lotus flowers and lotuses in the pond are also in bloom. Read More>>
Starting from May 1st, Hefei Library will open to the public free of charge. Read More>>
From the end of April it will be possible to fly via China Eastern Airways direct from Hefei (Anhui province) to Lanzhou, Gansu province’s capital in China’s northwest. Flights will be twice a week (Tuesday and Saturday) and from April 30th ... Read More>>
All sleeper tickets for trains from Hefei to Beijing in the upcoming week are almost sold out, thanks to the upcoming May Day national holiday. D train tickets departing from Hefei to Nanjing, Shanghai and Wuhan on April 30th are also sold out. Train ... Read More>>
The 6th China (Hefei) Anhui Cuisine Food and Tourism Festival (the 3rd Funan Road Food and Tourism Festival) will be held in Hefei from April 28th to May 2nd. During the festival, visitors are able to participate in many events, including food culture ... Read More>>
On the morning of March 19th, a ceremony to commemorate the 2582nd birthday of Laozi (founder of Taoism) was held at Tianjing Taoist Temple, Woyang County, Anhui Province. Read More>>
The Anhui Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo, which is now located at Hui Park in Hefei, is slated to open in the first half of the year. It is re-built according the original design and will certainly become a new tourist attraction in Hefei. See also: ... Read More>>
The 10th Plum Blossom Show kicked off on Feb 12th in Hefei Botanical Garden. Visitors can appreciate plum blossom flowers of varying colours, such as white, pink, red and golden. The flower show will last until March 13th. Read More>>
In order to alleviate the difficulty of purchasing train tickets, eight ticket vending machines went into use in Hefei Railway Station on Jan 15. Hefei Railway Station is estimated to accommodate 2.2 million passengers, with a daily capacity of 55,000. Read More>>
On Jan 15, 2011, the 3rd China Hefei Tourism and Shopping Festival opened in the International Exhibition Center of Anhui. Over 550 exhibitors from 20 Chinese provinces and cities such as Fujian, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shandong participated. More ... Read More>>
It is reported that a bar street named 1912 will be opened in September in Hefei next year. People hope that Hefei’s nightlife will become more lively with the opening of this bar street. According to some insiders, there used to be more than 30 bars ... Read More>>
According to reports, Anhui Province’s first IMAX theatre will open in Hefei Wanda International Cinema in December. It will be China's 19th IMAX theatre. Read More>>
Beginning September 6th, trains connecting Hefei to Shanghai will increase to 12 per day in anticipation of high number of travelers for National Day holidays in October. The newly added train servicing the Hefei – Shanghai route is numbered D5465 ... Read More>>
A Hong Kong based commercial real estate development company has invested 3 billion RMB to build a super plaza modeled after the Disneyland theme park. The theme park will have an area of 80,000 square meters and it is the first of such projects in Hefei. ... Read More>>
It has been disclosed that charter flights between Hefei and Lanzhou will be in service starting in July. Travel agencies in town have already planned various tour routes, and the new tours will be marketed starting next week. According to the general ... Read More>>
The 4th National Games will be held in Hefei on May 16th. However, many projects will start before the opening, enabling people in Hefei to appreciate the event starting May 7th. Some tickets for fitness, sports dance, aerobics, Chinese-style wresting and ... Read More>>
The second Hefei Peony Festival will be held in the Three Kingdoms Ruins Park from mid-April to early May this year. The dazzling peony garden in the park reputedly has more than 18,000 peonies, with over 50 different species. Get to the park by hopping ... Read More>>
Recently, Zipeng Mountains Scenic Area located in the western suburbs of Hefei city has been approved for an upgrade to become a national classification 4A level tourist attraction. The scenic area has over 100 different hills and mountains and over 50,000 ... Read More>>
The bus transit lane and BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) station platform between Changjiang Lu and North Changjiang Blvd in Hefei have opened to traffic. Passengers can now access the BRT station island by swiping their transit cards or depositing 2 RMB/person, ... Read More>>
The Beat of Yunnan, a performance that brings back ancient beats and memories by utilizing bronze instruments which appeared 2,500 years ago, will be staged in Hefei on Feb. 10. In Yunnan, people believe this old saying: every leaf can dance, and every rock ... Read More>>
The 2nd Spring Shopping Festival will be held in Hefei from Jan.30 to Fen.7, offering products ranging from clothes and food to arts and crafts. Branded teas will be the highlight of the event with two of them listed as Shanghai Expo Licensed Products. Read More>>
The renovation of Hefei Railway Station has recently completed phase one and the new station will be officially opened on Jan.28 – so as to accommodate greater passenger traffic for the coming Spring Festival. The expanded station includes new waiting ... Read More>>
The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) will be staged at Hefei Grand Theatre by Russian Kremlin Ballet Troup on Jan. 15th. The Marriage of Figaro is set in Count Almaviva's castle in Seville in the late 18th Century. It is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus ... Read More>>