Hefei

American

[hœ-fay] / 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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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

It has invested $3.5 billion in cutting-edge development facilities here in Hefei and struck deals with several tech-savvy local firms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Still, Volkswagen’s Chinese strategy has already hit Europe, with development hires in Hefei offset by job cuts at its German headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

In 2024, researchers led by Li Shang at Anhui University in Hefei, China, suggested that Fermi's Large Area Telescope may have detected gamma rays from one of these events years after the explosion occurred.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

In a sprawling office in Hefei, the eastern Chinese electric vehicle hub, hundreds of employees and several robotic arms sat refining software developed jointly by German behemoth Volkswagen and Chinese EV maker XPeng.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

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