Chuzhou, a provincial-level city in Anhui Province, is located in the easternmost part of the province. It borders Nanjing to the east, Hefei to the west, the Huai River to the north, and the Yangtze River to the south. It is the central city of the Nanjing metropolitan area and the Hefei economic circle, as well as one of the core cities in the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. As of 2021, the total land area of the city is 13500 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over Tianchang and Mingguang cities, Lai'an, Quanjiao, Dingyuan, Fengyang counties, and Langya and Nanqiao districts. It manages two parks, Chuzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone and Zhongxin Suchu High tech Industrial Park. As of the end of 2022, the city's permanent population was 4.05 million. By 2024, achieve a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 403.44 billion yuan.
Chuzhou has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with diverse landforms, but mainly hills and hills, with a relatively small proportion of plains. The geological structure is complex, the mineralization conditions are superior, and the mineral resources are abundant. 39 types of minerals were discovered, with 134 deposits and mineral occurrences, including 12 large deposits, 8 medium-sized deposits, and 114 small deposits and mineral occurrences.
There are 45 higher education institutions including Chuzhou Vocational and Technical College and Chuzhou College.As of the end of 2022, there are a total of 1157 schools of all levels and types (excluding higher education) in the city, including 662 kindergartens, 227 primary schools, 252 ordinary middle schools, 10 secondary vocational education schools, and 6 special education schools. There are a total of 1983 health institutions in the city. Among them, there are 163 hospitals and health centers, 9 disease control centers, and 9 maternal and child health care institutions.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the prefecture was abolished and the county system was directly managed by the province, and Chuzhou was renamed Chuxian. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, an anti Japanese democratic government was established in the Huainan Anti Japanese Base Area within the city. In June 1949, the Chuxian Administrative District Commissioner's Office of the Anhui North People's Administrative Office was established, which governed 9 counties including Chuxian, Lai'an, Quanjiao, Binghui, Dingyuan, Fengyang, Jiashan, Jiangpu, and Xuyi. In 1956, Chuxian and Suxian merged to form Bengbu Special Zone; In 1961, the Bengbu Special Zone was abolished and the Chuxian Special Zone was reinstated; In April 1971, it was renamed as Chuxian County, Anhui Province; On December 20, 1992, the State Council approved the revocation of the Chuxian area and the establishment of Chuzhou City at the provincial level. In the long-term production and life, the customs of the north and south have merged and evolved, gradually forming a common custom among the people of Chuzhou, which has been passed down from generation to generation. Its cultural characteristics are the integration of northern and southern customs, diverse forms and rich connotations, presenting the regional characteristics of simplicity, cheerfulness, agreeableness, and the combination of hardness and softness.
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