Wuhu, a city under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province in China. Located in the southeast of Anhui Province, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, at the intersection of Qingyi River and the Yangtze River. Jurisdiction over Jiujiang District, Jinghu District, Yijiang District and sanshan district, and jurisdiction over Wuhu County, Fanchang County, Nanling County and Wuwei County. This city has a long history, which has been recorded in writing for more than 2500 years. Known as "the first city in Jiangdong", "the famous area of Wuchu" and "the end of Wu Chu". "Weaving is better than Songjiang, and sizing is better than Wuhu". Wuhu is a famous pulp and dyeing center in the middle and late Ming Dynasty and one of the five handicraft areas in the Ming Dynasty. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, Wuhu's leading position in pulp and dyeing industry had lasted for 300 years. In modern times, it was one of the "four rice markets in the south of the Yangtze River". 1876, the Sino-British Yantai Treaty turned Wuhu into a trading port and became a pioneer of Anhui's opening to the outside world in modern times. Because of the reputation of "the Yangtze River is a giant port, the backbone of Anhui" (Sun Yat-sen's language), it has the reputation of "clouds open to see the color of trees, rivers listen to the tide". Wuhu specialty has three knives (Zhao scissors is one of the three famous brand scissors in China), three paintings (iron paintings are famous traditional arts and crafts of the Han nationality), four fish, fool melon seeds, Yi Jiang Gong Basket, Wuwei Mo Sha Deng and so on. Snacks include steamed rice with dregs, osmanthus wine, osmanthus water, shrimp noodles, old duck soup, dried shredded pork, dried salted duck, and Zhude tribute cakes. There are universities such as Anhui Normal University, Anhui Engineering University and Southern Anhui Medical College, and enterprises such as Conch, Conch Profile, Chery Automobile, Three Squirrels, Anhui Tongfu Group and Anhui Liu Liu Orchard Group are well-known at home and abroad. Wuhu is a sub-central city of Anhui Province, a sub-central city of politics, economy, culture and transportation in Anhui Province, and is also known as the "dual-core" city of Anhui Province together with Hefei, the provincial capital. It is the second largest city in Anhui Province and one of the three major tourist center cities in Anhui Province. It is also a key open city along the Yangtze River approved by the State Council, the core city of Wanjiang City Belt to undertake industrial transfer demonstration zone, a member city of Nanjing Metropolitan Area, a member city of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, a member city of Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Anhui Super Economic Zone, and a city of Hefei-Wuhu-Bengbu Independent Innovation Experimental Zone.
Historically, Wuhu's agriculture, handicrafts and commerce were quite developed. There were "towers" and "thousands of fireworks" in the Southern Tang Dynasty. After the Southern Song Dynasty, especially in the Yuan Dynasty, Wuhu was already a prosperous town. Since the Ming Dynasty, it has gradually become an important commercial port in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Handicrafts such as sizing and dyeing are well known. Tiangong, written by Song Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, has the saying that weaving is better than Songjiang (Shanghai) and pulp dyeing is better than Wuhu, forming a large-scale pulp dyeing workshop, which is called "Wuhu Giant Shop". 1876, the Yantai Treaty signed by China and Britain turned Wuhu and Wenzhou, Zhejiang into trading ports. The signing of this unequal treaty not only brought great impact to Wuhu's national economy, caused abnormal development, but also opened the door to Wuhu's opening to the outside world. 19 18 Wuhu customs' import and export value reached 3.5% of the national foreign trade in that year, and it is one of the trading ports in the Yangtze River basin. The Wu Shen Canal, which starts and ends in Wuhu and Shanghai, closely links Wuhu with the economy and culture of Jiangsu, Wuxi, Nanjing and Hangzhou. In Qing Dynasty, Wuhu formed a vast rice market, which was also called the four rice markets in China with Wuxi, Changsha and Jiujiang. After the opening of Wuhu, a large number of western goods were sold to the mainland through Wuhu, and a large number of foreign firms and companies entered Wuhu. At the same time, the spread of advanced science and technology also stimulated the development of modern industry in Wuhu. The earliest national industry in Anhui Province was established in Wuhu. 1883 Wuhu set up a wired telegraph line, which is the earliest city in the province to use telegraph. 1897 Yixin (Mechanical Mill) Rice Flour Company was the first one in China at that time. In 1930s, civil aviation also opened flights to Shanghai and Wuhan. After entering the 20th century, Wuhu's industry and commerce developed to more than 100, with five or six thousand merchants, becoming the birthplace of modern industry in Anhui and one of the economic centers in the Yangtze River basin.