Hefei

American

[hœ-fey] / ˈhœˈfeɪ /

(Wade-Giles) Hofei

noun

Pinyin.

a city in and the capital of Anhui province, in eastern China.

Hefei British

/ ˈhʌˈfeɪ /

noun

a city in SE China, capital of Anhui province: administrative and commercial centre in a rice- and cotton-growing region. Pop: 1 320 000 (2005 est)

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At Geek+'s factory in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei, which the BBC visited, fleets of the robots are built and tested before being shipped to warehouses around the world.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The firm, which was founded in 2016 by Chairman Zhu Yiming, is headquartered in Hefei, Anhui Province in eastern China.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In the city of Hefei, 250 miles west of Shanghai, EV manufacturer NIO announced in 2020 it was getting roughly $1 billion from state-linked investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

In Hefei, a boutique cafe chain called “Juniper & Fern” pairs artisanal coffee with seasonal flower arrangements.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

Researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, and the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, have now proposed a theoretical idea and made corresponding experiments to overcome this problem.

From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024

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