On June 19, the first branch of well-known Peking duck restaurant Quanjude opened its doors in Hefei, and is located in the Xinghai Yuanhang Building in Luyang District. Read More>>
A new British-style bar named Gravette will open its doors in Hefei on February 2. Read More>>
From December 8 onwards, Hefei’s fixed landline numbers will consist of eight digits and the original 0565 district code will no longer be used. Instead, the new area code will change to 0551 and all numbers will begin with a ‘6’. Moreover, landline ... Read More>>
The Grand Ocean Department Store officially opened to the public in Hefei on November 9. The complex offers more than 40,000 sq. m of retail space spread across five floors and a basement level. Getting there: take bus No. 116, 136 to Sanli’an bus ... Read More>>
High-speed rail travel is now available between Hefei and Bengbu, connecting Hefei, Hefei Beicheng, Shuijia Hu, Huainan Dong, Bengbu Nan, and Bengbu stations as of October 16. In connection with the Shanghai-Beijing high-speed rail line, the new line cuts ... Read More>>
According to the People's Daily, following a comprehensive analysis of 31 years' worth of data, experts at the National Climate Center have released a new "top ten furnace cities" list, with Hefei included on it. In order from first to tenth, the ... Read More>>
On the afternoon of July 14, on Hefei’s Second North Ring Road, foreign law enforcement officer Prince – an African exchange student – directed cars in broken Chinese. He was working that day with other exchange students: Javad from ... Read More>>
The Heifei A Qiu Water Park, the first of its kind in the province, re-opened for the summer on June 6. Aside from the kid's pool, a standard adult pool and a competition pool, the water park is also equipped with a wave pool, a water monitor and a water ... Read More>>
A new direct flight route between Hefei and Jeju Island, Korea, opened on April 23rd. The flight is intended to be a regular international charter flight. Available every Monday and Friday from April 23rd to October 15th. The flight departs from Jeju Island ... Read More>>
One of the largest Chinese chain restaurants, Maxim’s, has opened its 11th restaurant in the world in Hefei. The restaurant boasts a floor space of over 1000 square metres and can seat up to150 guests. Getting there: take bus no. 10, 20, 118, 128, 158 ... Read More>>
The first downtown terminal for the Luogang International Airport opened in Hefei on December 26th. At the new terminal, people can purchase flight tickets, pick up boarding passes, and take a shuttle directly to the airport. People who purchase their ... Read More>>
Capital Airlines opened a new Xi’an-Hefei-Xiamen flight on December 2nd, which runs six to seven times per day. The new flight JD5325/26 operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays departs from Xi’an at 13:20 and arrives in Hefei at ... Read More>>
According to a recent press release, the booking period at Hefei Railway Station has temporarily been changed to five days in advance from November 25th to December 20th. The booking periods for "Z", "D" and "G" trains remain ... Read More>>
The Hefei-Bengbu inter-city rail line is about to start trial operations and is expected to open by the end of the year. The trip only takes about 30 minutes. After this rail line opens, traveling between Beijing and Hefei will only take about 3 hours. See ... Read More>>
Joy Air launched a Xi’an-Zhengzhou-Hefei flight route on October 30th. The route, flight No. GR1507 and GR1508, is scheduled to run daily. It departs Xi’an at 9:10 and arrives at Zhengzhou at 10:50, and then departs Zhengzhou at 11:25 and ... Read More>>
According to reports, attractions environing Hefei are scheduled to promote a series of 48 tourism projects during the National Day holiday. These will include the 2011 Chaohu Spa Tourism Festival, the 5th Sanhe Ancient Town Culture and Food Festival and ... Read More>>
On September 1st, the new “Hefei Tong” IC Card was officially issued to the public. The difference between the new card and the old one is that the new IC card can be used anywhere that has China UnionPay POS machines, not only on buses or in ... Read More>>
On August 17th the Hainan Airlines branch at Hefei Luogang Airport added a new Hefei-Lanzhou-Urumqi flight roundtrip flight route. Flights are every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, using a Boeing 737-800 plane. Read More>>
The first Starbucks store in Anhui is set to open on Hefei's Shoujiamen pedestrian street (首家门店步行街) in the Baisheng store. It began trial operations on August 8th, and is expected to officially open after August 25th. 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>>
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>>