Hefei is located in the transit zone between subtropics and warm temperate zone with a subtropics moist monsoon climate. The annual precipitation is about 1,000 millimeters, the average temperature 15.7 centigrade and the relative moisture 76%. The air quality reaches the class “good”or higher for over 261 days a year, which is in line with the state environment protection standard Grade 2.

合肥位于亚热带和暖温带区域的过渡区域内，属于亚热带潮湿季风气候。年降雨量大约1000毫米，平均温度15.7摄氏度，相对湿度达到76%。每年空气质量达到“良”或“优”水平的天数超过261天，符合国家环境保护二级水平。
As one of the major cities in China opening up to the outside world, Hefei is listed among Top 100 Cities in terms of comprehensive strength, the 50 Cities with Excellent Investment Environment and Top 30 Cities with Overall & Growth Competition Strength. In 2008, its GDP has increased by 17.2%, 8.2 percentage and 4.5 percentage higher than the whole country and Anhui province respectively. Hefei has established sister city relationship with 12 cities in USA, Japan, South Korea, Denmark, Australia, UK, Germany,and Chile etc. and trade ties with over 180 countries and regions. 51 companies among Fortune 500 and other internationally-known big names such as Metro, Johnson, Hitachi, Sanyo, Mitsubishi, Unilever，ABB， Coca-cola， Bouygues， Carrefour，Grand Tour, Chaitai, the President, Continetal, Sumitomo Chemical, Air Liquide, as well as some most famous Chinese companies including Haier, Media, Changhong, Gree , Yili and BOE etc. have made investment in Hefei. The number of outside investors ranks the first in Anhui province.

作为国家对外开放的一座重要城市，合肥位列中国综合实力前一百，优秀投资城市前50，整体增长前3。在2008年，其GDP（地区生产总值）增长速度达到17.2%，分别超出国家和省级水平8.2%和4.5%。合肥已经与美国，日本，韩国，丹麦，澳大利亚，英国，德国，智利等国家的12座城市建立了姐妹城市关系，与超过180个国家和地区的有着贸易往来关系。51家世界五百强企业其他一些国际知名品牌比如：麦德龙，约翰逊，日立，三洋，三菱，联合利华，ABB公司，可口可乐，布依格，家乐福，至尊旅游，总统，住友商事，法国液化气公司，同时还有中国的一些知名企业包括：海尔，米提亚，长虹，伊利，BOE等都在合肥进行了投资。合肥是安徽省外资投资人最多的城市。

Located in mid-east of China, Hefei is the very center to a circle with a radius of 500 km, which covers 7 provinces and 1 metropolis with an area of 1.0234 million square km and a population of 500 million. The circle enjoys a well-developed economy with a GDP adding up to 47% of the whole country in 2008. Abundant of human resources, the business costs are comparatively low.

合肥位于中国中东部，合肥是一个半径500公里，囊括7个省和一个大都市的区域中心，面积102.34万平方公里,人口5亿。这个循环区域经济十分发达，年GDP总计占全国的47%。人力资源丰富，商业成本相对较低。

Hefei is a comprehensive transportation hub in China classified as Class 2. With a Class A airport, there are over 30 lines linking the City with Hong Kong ， Taibei and other major cities in China and an international airline from Hefei to Seoul. A 4E-level airport named as Xinqiao Int'l Airport is now under construction. From now to 2020, the amount of cargo volume and the number of passengers conveyed through highway in Hefei will respectively reach 122.4 thousand tons and 11 million. Hefei boasts of convenient transportation facilities such as the national highway No. 312 and No. 206, the provincial highways, as well as the expressways of Hefei-Nanjing, Hefei-Wuhu, Hefei-Anqing, Hefei-Xuzhou, Hefei-Tongling-Huangshan and Hefei-Huainan-Fuyang extending in all directions, which make Hefei a transportation center of Anhui Province and even in whole China. In the updated Chinese Railway Networks Program, Hefei is playing a key role of linking the east to the west and the south to the north in the national planning for the important railway junction terminals. There are seven important trunk railways running through Hefei, such as, Beijing-Fujian, Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Kowloon in Hong Kong, Beijing-Guangzhou, Shanghai-Chongqing via Wuhan, Nanjing-Xi’an. This will make Hefei a national railway transportation center and will achieve the goal of one hour traveling to Nanjing, two hours to Wuhan, three hours to Shanghai and Beijing, which will make people enjoy a rapid and convenient trip from or to Hefei. Hefei is expected to be developed into a waterway transportation center linking the Yangtze River System and Huaihe River System, since the neighboring Chaohu Lake leads to the Yangtze River and the Yangtze-Huaihe canal is to be constructed. Hefei Customs has implemented regional customs clearance with customs in the Yangtze River Delta Region.
合肥是国家二级大型运输中心。配有高级飞机场，有超过30条航班可飞往香港，台北和其他中国主要城市和首尔国际航班。一座4E级名叫“新桥”的飞机场现在正在建设当中。从现在到2020年，货物量和游客运输量分别将达到12.24万吨和1100万人次。合肥以其便捷的交通设施比如说312和206国道，省道，同时还有合肥至南京，合肥至武汉，合肥至安庆，合肥至徐州，合肥至铜陵—黄山，合肥至淮南—阜阳以至于通向各个方向，这使得合肥成为安徽甚至全国的交通中心。在中国铁路网升级项目中，国家铁路终端枢纽中合肥扮演一个连接南北东西的关键作用。合肥有7条铁路主干线途经，比如北京至福建，北京至上海，北京至香港九龙，北京至广州，上海至重庆经武汉，南京至西安。这将使得合肥成为国家级运输中心并且将实现一小时到南京，两小时到武汉，三小时到上海和北京，这将使得人们能够享受到更快捷方便的旅途服务。合肥期望被建成一座水上运输中心，从而连接长江水域和淮河水域，因为临近的巢湖连接长淮，长淮运河从而建立。合肥海关已经在长江三角洲区域实施区域通关政策。
Hefei is a booming comprehensive industrial city, a "Region for undertaking processing trade transfer", a "National Export Base of Auto & Spare Parts", a "National Development Base of Animation Industry" and a "Base for Service Outsourcing". It has 34 industries covering 200 plus varieties and over 2,000 categories of products, especially with a strong strength in manufacturing. 8 key industries have taken shape, i.e., automobile, equipment manufacturing, household appliances, chemicals & tire, electronic information & software, new materials, bio-technology & new medicine, deep processing of food & agricultural products and side-products. Therefore, a great number of products produced here enjoy a high prestige in market such as JAC auto, Meiling household appliances, Royal Star washing machine, Haier household appliances, Hitachi excavator, Grand Tour tire and Heli forklift etc. In 2008, the proportion of industrial output value realized by the 8 key industries takes up 69.0% of all the enterprises above the designated size in the City.

合肥是一座繁荣的综合性工业城市，一个“从事加工贸易地区转移地，一个“国家出口地及汽车零配件基”，一个“国家动漫产业基地”，一个“包装基地”。其有着34个产业包括200项超过2000种产品，尤其是在制造业的强大实力。8个重点行业已经成型，即，汽车，设备制造，家用电器，化学品和轮胎，电子信息于软件，新材料，生物技术于新药品，食品生深加工和农副产品。因此大量的产品在这里产出，并在市场上赢得了极高的声誉，比如江淮汽车，美菱家电，荣事达洗衣机，海尔家电，日立挖掘机，佳通轮胎，合力叉车。2008,由上述8项产业在、所创造的工业出口产值占到了所有企业的69%，这是在特定大小城市之上的。