Yaohai District

Hefei City, Anhui Province
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Yaohai District, Anhui Province Hefei The district is located in the east of the main urban area of Hefei, with a total area of 247 square kilometers. [35] It borders Feidong County in the east, Luyang District across Nanfei River and Banqiao River in the west, Xinzhan District in the north and Baohe District in the south. The terrain of the whole area is mainly plain, belonging to subtropical monsoon humid climate, with obvious monsoon, four distinct seasons, mild climate and moderate rainfall. [39] As of October 2022, Yaohai District has jurisdiction over 11 streets, 1 town, 1 development zone, and the People's Government of the District is located at No. 1 Mingguang Road. [2] By the end of 2023, the permanent population of Yaohai District is 889000. [38]
Yaohai District was founded in the first and second towns directly under Hefei City, which were established on February 1, 1949. In 1951, the No. 1 and No. 2 towns directly under Hefei were located in Hefei Station District. In 1960, it was renamed Dongshi Commune. On May 18, 1968, the Dongshi District People's Government was established. In March 2002, Dongshi District was renamed Yaohai District. [37] Yaohai District is the "bridgehead" for the eastward development of Hefei urban area and an important transportation hub. Hefei Xuzhou, Hefei Nanjing, Hefei Wuhu and other expressways pass close to the border. In the areas where Anhui Automobile Passenger Transport Hub, Anhui Post Hub and Hefei Railway Station are located, Hefei Rail Transit Lines 1, 2, 4 and other subway lines pass through Yaohai District. The South Feihe River connects the river to the sea, forming a three-dimensional transportation network that connects in all directions. Yaohai District has a profound cultural heritage and is famous for "one mile and three cemeteries" (the Tomb of Lord Bao in the Song Dynasty, the Tomb of Cai Wenyi in the Ming Dynasty, and the Tomb of Li Hongzhang in the Qing Dynasty). The historic "Bashang Street" has been a vehicle and ship wharf since ancient times, a prosperous place for grain and cloth trading in Luzhou, and the cradle of Hefei's commodity economy. [32]
In 2023, the GDP of Yaohai District will be 76.1 billion yuan, an increase of 3.5% over the previous year. [40]
Chinese name
Yaohai District
Foreign name
Yaohai District
Alias
Dongshi District
area number
three hundred and forty thousand one hundred and two
Administrative Region Category
Municipal district
Region
Hefei, Anhui Province
geographical position
East of Hefei City
Area
247 km² (Actual jurisdiction area 64.4 square kilometers)
Area under jurisdiction
11 streets, 1 town and 1 development zone [25]
Government residence
1 Mingguang Road
Area Code
0551
Postal Code
two hundred and thirty thousand and eleven
population size
889000 [38] (Permanent population at 0:00 on November 1, 2023)
Famous scenic spot
Yaohai Park Huachong Park
train station
Hefei Station
License plate code
Wan A
GDP
76.1 billion yuan [37] (2023)

Historical evolution

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Yaohai District
In April 1950, according to the order of the Northern Anhui Administrative Office, Hefei transferred the jurisdiction of the police station in the station area to the newly established Hefei station area. Jurisdiction of the district: east Huainan Railway The Hefei section of the line is bounded by Dongchengmen in the old urban area of Hefei in the west, Leidaying in the suburb in the south, and Liudaying in front of the old railway station of Hefei in the north. The east-west span is 0.75 kilometers, the north-south span is 2.5 kilometers, and the area is 1.875 square kilometers.
In 1960, the city carried out the commune movement. On June 5 of that year, the district was changed into the People's Commune of the East Downtown (the District People's Committee still exists. The CPC Station Committee changed its name to the People's Commune Committee of the East Downtown.) At that time, the commune had 8 branches, including Sanli Street, Heping Road, Shengli Road, Dongfanghong, Huachong, Daxingji, Mingguang Road and Hongguang.
On May 18, 1968, the Dongshi District People's Commune was revoked and the Dongshi District People's Government was established. The office is located at 472 Bengbu Road. The branches under the jurisdiction of the former Dongshi District People's Commune were completely abolished on September 3 of the same year and changed into 18 neighborhood committees. Six of them are residential streets in the factory area. In June of the same year, 21 agricultural and vegetable brigades under the jurisdiction of the district were allocated to the suburbs.
In March 2002, Hefei City carried out zoning adjustment, and the area was renamed Yaohai District of Hefei City.

administrative division

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Division evolution

In 1953, the 15 administrative groups under the jurisdiction of the district were revoked and 8 neighborhood committees were established, including Shengli Road, Chezhan, Gewu Street, Bashang Street, Shangwu Street, Hebei Street, Chongde Street, Sanli Street, etc. Later in 1954, three neighborhood committees were set up, including the Center, Hepu Road and Maogong Bridge.
In 1955, the People's Government of the Station District was renamed as the People's Committee of the Station District. The scope and institutions under its jurisdiction remain unchanged.
In 1956, Qili Station Neighborhood Committee was set up in the district. At the same time, the five neighborhood committees of Gewu, Bashang, Chongde, Shangwu and Hebei were renamed as the neighborhood committees of Bengyi, Beng'er, Chuzhou Road, Chaohu Road and Yuhuaqiao respectively.
In July 1965, according to the directive of Anhui Provincial People's Committee on the establishment of neighborhood offices and the addition of neighborhood committees, the district added four neighborhood committees, Shengli Road, Sanli Street, Huachong and Heping Road, and the number of neighborhood committees increased from the first 23 to 42. In addition, three factory family committees were set up, including Hefei Meat Joint Factory, Hefei Paper Mill and Hefei Building Materials Experimental Factory.
In 1966, after the start of the "Cultural Revolution" movement, the area was under military control on May 14, 1967, and a military control group in the eastern urban area of Hefei City of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was established to take over the leadership of the whole area.
On February 29, 1968, the military control group was changed to Revolutionary Committee The original jurisdiction of the district was changed into 9 street revolutionary committees. Namely: Qili Station, Heping Road, Datong Road, Station, Shengli Road, Mingguang Road, Hongguang, Sanli Street, Tongling Road, etc. All the neighborhood committees below the street level shall implement the company military establishment. This setting was restored to the neighborhood committee in 1973. There are 48 neighborhood committees in the district.
In 1979, with the approval of Anhui Provincial Revolutionary Committee, the number of neighborhood committees in the district was expanded to 55.
In January 1980, the name and establishment of the people's government were restored. The streets and neighborhood committees under its jurisdiction were all restored to their original names in March of that year.
In 1989, the district added 10 neighborhood committees and 71 family committees, and established the first military family service center in Anhui Province.
In May 1999, the district adjusted its neighborhood committees to 32, and then in September 2001, it integrated its family committees and neighborhood committees into 82 community neighborhood committees.
In March 2002, Yaohai District governed 9 streets, namely Heping Road, Shengli Road, Dadong Road, Tongling Road, Qili Station, Sanli Street, Chezhan, Mingguang Road and Hongguang Road, in the original eastern urban area. From the original suburbs, it is divided into one township in the east of the city, two towns of Qilitang and Daxing, and two streets of Changhuai and Fangmiao. From the original suburbs, it is divided into two villages of Xinghua Village, Banqiao Village and Wangchengdian Village. The area to the east of Banqiao River is under the jurisdiction of Qilitang Town. It is divided from Feidong County to Modian Township (located in the west of Feidong County, bordering the original suburb of Hefei, with an area of nearly 50 square kilometers and a population of 26000); 8 villages and Xinzhan, including Sanhe, Liudaying, Youfang, Dapeng, Luogang, Magang, Wanggang, and Shicheng under the jurisdiction of Longgang Town, Feidong County The two neighborhood committees in Dadian are under the jurisdiction of Daxing Town (Note: in the process of handover, in view of the important impact of Longgang Development Zone in the handover area on the economy of Feidong County, according to the request of Feidong County Party Committee and the county government, the four villages of Luogang, Magang, Wanggang, Shicheng and the neighborhood committees in Xinzhan are postponed to be transferred to the jurisdiction of Yaohai District, resulting in four villages and one residence (It has been changed into 5 communities), which is still under the jurisdiction of Feidong County. After the adjustment, Yaohai District has jurisdiction over two townships, Chengdong and Modian, two towns, Qilitang and Daxing, 11 streets, including Heping Road, Shengli Road, Dadong Road, Tongling Road, Qili Station, Sanli Street, Station, Mingguang Road, Hongguang, Changhuai and Fangmiao.
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In 2004, Chengdong Sub district Office was set up in Chengdong Township.
At the end of 2004, Yaohai District had jurisdiction over 12 streets, 2 towns and 1 township (including Changhuai Street, Fangmiao Street and Qilitang Town under the jurisdiction of Xinzhan Development Zone).
Administrative divisions of Yaohai District
In 2005, Chengdong Street was divided into Huachong Community and Dongqi Community under the jurisdiction of Tongling Road Street and Qilizhan Street respectively, and into Heyu Road Community of Dadong Road Street and Dawangmiao Community of Mingguang Road Street; Lai'an Road Community and Tianchang Road Community of Tongling Road Sub district are under the jurisdiction of Sanli Street Sub district; Sanjianlian Community and Hongxing Village Community of Station Street are under the jurisdiction of Xinzhan Experimental Area, and Zhaocangfang Village Group of Changhuai Street in Xinzhan Experimental Area is under the jurisdiction of Station Street (temporarily managed by Xinzhan); The resident group of 536 Yard, No. 4 Gate, Dayaowan Community, Shengli Road Sub district is under the jurisdiction of Station Sub district, and the resident group of Tongling Village 3, Datong Road Sub district is under the jurisdiction of Heping Road Sub district.
In 2016, Shengli Road Street was merged with Station Street, and Shengli Road Street was newly established. The Datong Road Street and Heping Road Street were merged to form a new Heping Road Street. New Bengbu Road of Changhuai Street and the area west of Huainan Railway will be demarcated, and Jiashan Road Street will be newly established. The seven streets of Mingguang Road, Sanli Street, Tongling Road, Qili Station, Chengdong, Hongguang, Fangmiao, and the administrative areas of Daxing Town and Longgang Development Zone remain unchanged. [8]

Zoning Details

By 2021, Yaohai District has 11 streets, 1 town and 1 development zone. [29] The District People's Government is located at No. 1 Mingguang Road. [2]
Administrative divisions of Yaohai District (up to 2021)
street
Subordinated communities
Linhuai Road Community, Sanli Village Community, Railway Village Community, Fengyang Village Community, Tianchang Road Community
Qilitang Community, Banqiao Community and Triangle Community
Dangtu Road Community, Huaye Community, Digang Road Community, Fanchang Road Community, Lvyuan Community
Qianhaixiang Community, Jindatang Community, Quanjiao Road Community
Zongyang Road Community, Gangbei New Village Community, Tushan South Road Community
Changhuai Community, Shengli Community, Linquan Road Community, Railway Station Community, Yuanyi Community
Wangtang Community, Wanluyuan Community, Shangri La Community, Zhantang Community, Qinghe Community, Xiangjiang Jiayuan Community
Chunhua Community, Xueyuan Community, Hengtong Community, Dongqi Community
Fenghuangqiao Community, Jianshe Community, Hongqi Community, Daianqiao Community, Suixi East Road Community
Wulijing Community, Hepu North Village Community, Sizhou Road Community, Tongling New Village Community, Huachong Community
Tangqiao Community, Longgang Village Community, Liuyintang Community, Heyu Road Community
Sigang Community, Zhongyoufang Community, Caochong Community, Xingji Community, Shuangxu Community, Fulong Community, Donggang Community, Xinhaijiayuan Community
remarks: Hefei Xinzhan High tech Industrial Development Zone It is directly managed by Hefei City and administratively subordinated to Yaohai District. As of 2021 Qilitang Street Modian Street Santou Street Yaohai Community Service Center, Zhanbei Community Service Center. [30]

geographical environment

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Location context

Yaohai District, located in the east of Hefei City, is 117 ° 18 ′ east longitude, 31 ° 51 ′ north latitude Feidong County Bordering, separated from Nanfei River, Banqiao River and Luyang District Opposite, north and New station area (Functional area) is adjacent to Baohe District in the south, with an actual jurisdiction area of 64.4 square kilometers. [3]
Yaohai District

topographic features

Yaohai District is located in Yanshanian fault basin. The engineering geology is mainly soft foundation and expansive soil, which is suitable for building light buildings. If high-rise buildings are built, reinforcement and earthquake prevention measures shall be taken. The terrain of the whole area is generally low and flat. [9]

climate

Yaohai District is located in the mid latitude zone between the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. The temperature throughout the year is cold in winter and hot in summer, and mild in spring and autumn. It belongs to the climate type of the transition zone from warm temperate zone to subtropical zone, with a subtropical humid monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 15.7 ℃, the rainfall is nearly 1000 mm, and the sunshine lasts for more than 2100 hours. The climate is characterized by four distinct seasons, mild climate, moderate rainfall, variable spring temperature, crisp autumn, significant plum rain and concentrated summer rain. Spring: The frequent activity of cold and warm air often leads to sunny and rainy weather, warm and cold, complex and changeable. Summer: The season is the longest, the weather is hot, the rainfall is concentrated, the rainfall intensity is large, and the rainfall is mainly concentrated in the plum rain season from May to June. Autumn: The season is the shortest, the temperature drops fast, and there are many sunny days. Winter: The weather is cold, with less rain and snow, and more sunny weather. [3]

hydrology

The South Feihe River passes through Yaohai District and forms a water system around the city of Hefei with Baohe River, Yinhe River, Yuhuatang, Amber Pool, Heichi Dam, Xinghua Park and Xiaoyaojin Park. As the "mother river" of Hefei, Nanfei River originates in the southern part of the Dabie Mountains and is a major tributary of the Chaohu Lake water system, with a total length of 70 kilometers. It passes through Hefei from west to southeast, providing Hefei with major industrial and domestic water. [9]

population

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According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Yaohai District (excluding Xinzhan District) is 862043. [22]
By 0:00 on November 1, 2023, the permanent population of Yaohai District is 889000. [38]

Politics

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Secretary of the District Party Committee: Lu Qinshan [26]
District head: Child friendly [26-27]
Deputy District Chief: Liu Wei , Wang Qiang, Lu Yi, Zhang Yan, Zhang Ming, Zhang Caiyun, Wu Zhao [26-27] [33] [36]

Economics

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overview

In 2021, Yaohai District will achieve a regional GDP of 70.26 billion yuan. The per capita disposable income of residents reached 54992 yuan, up 10% year on year, 3.9 percentage points higher than the GDP growth rate, and the added value of industries above designated size grew by 11.7% year on year. Fixed asset investment increased by 13.3% year on year, 9.8 percentage points higher than that of the whole city. The total retail sales of social consumer goods in the district reached 48.03 billion yuan, up 11.7% year on year, and the total output value of the construction industry in Yaohai District grew 8.5%. The added value of the construction industry reached 21.32 billion yuan. The operating revenue of the service industry above designated size in the region increased by 28.8% year on year. [28]

primary industry

Yaohai District is the main urban area of Hefei, so there is no primary industry. [7]

the secondary industry

In 2021, 27 industrial enterprises above designated size in Yaohai District will achieve an accumulative output value of 3.63 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 11.7%; The added value of industries above designated size was 1.37 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 9.7%. The total output value of the construction industry in Yaohai District grew by 8.5%. The added value of the construction industry reached 21.32 billion yuan. From the perspective of output value composition, the output value of construction projects occupies the main position, and the output value of installation projects and other projects grows rapidly. In the whole year, the output value of construction projects was 73.05 billion yuan, up 7.5%, accounting for 88.4% of the total output value; The installation project was 3.38 billion yuan, up 47.1%, accounting for 4.1% of the total output value; Other output value was 6.18 billion yuan, up 61.7%, accounting for 7.5% of the total output value. From the perspective of qualification level, the output value of super grade enterprises increased rapidly, and the output value of first and second grade enterprises decreased significantly. In the whole year, there were 4 enterprises with special qualification, and the total output value of the construction industry was 50.806 billion yuan, an increase of 32%, accounting for 61.5% of the total output value; There were 49 enterprises with Grade I qualification, and the total output value of the construction industry was 22.58 billion yuan, down 2.7%, accounting for 27.3% of the total output value; 57 enterprises with Grade II qualification completed a total output value of 4.12 billion yuan in the construction industry, down 3.5%, accounting for 5% of the total output value; 80 enterprises with Grade III and other qualifications completed a total output value of 5.098 billion yuan in the construction industry, an increase of 68.9%, accounting for 6.2% of the total output value. [31]

the service sector; the tertiary industry

In 2021, the service industry above designated size in Yaohai District will achieve an operating revenue of 13.54 billion yuan, up 28.8% year on year; Among them, the high-tech service industry achieved an operating revenue of 3.99 billion yuan, up 14.0% year on year; Among them, other for-profit services achieved an operating income of 5.05 billion yuan, up 23.4% year on year. The high-tech service industry in Yaohai District achieved an operating income of 3.99 billion yuan, up 14.0% year on year, driving the growth rate of the whole industry by 4.3 percentage points. Among them, the top ten high-tech service enterprises achieved an operating revenue of 3.42 billion yuan, accounting for 85.7% of the total service industry above designated size, mainly led by information technology and engineering design. From the perspective of revenue, from January to November, there were 24 enterprises with a revenue of more than RMB 100 million in the whole district, realizing a revenue of 9.75 billion yuan, accounting for 72.0% of the whole district; The year-on-year growth rate was 22%, driving the regional growth rate of 15.5 percentage points; The average household size reached 410 million yuan, seven times that of the whole district (58.61 million yuan). In terms of profit, enterprises with an operating profit of more than 100 million yuan realized an operating profit of 150 million yuan, accounting for 54.2% of the region. From the perspective of profitability, the profitability of enterprises above 100 million yuan reached 75%, 17.7 percentage points higher than the regional average (57.3%). [31]

social undertakings

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education

In 2018, Yaohai District invested 563 million yuan to deliver 12 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens such as Zhantang School and Evergrande Plaza. 552 new teachers were recruited. Expand the implementation of the "bright kitchen and bright stove" project in child care points, and ban all Class C care points in the district. [10]

medical and health work

Since 2018, Yaohai District has regularly sent experts, young backbone and senior nurses from the Second Municipal Hospital to the community to carry out expert consultation, joint ward rounds, disease screening, nursing clinics and other work, innovate the "111" model of expert consultation, receive patients for one hour, conduct health education for one hour, and conduct on-site teaching, so as to improve the clinical technical level of grassroots general practitioners. To explore the mechanism of joint construction and scientific research sharing of medical consortia, improve the basic medical service ability and scientific research academic level, seven joint projects have been formed, including the hypertension specialty in the east center of the city, and the gastroenterology specialty in Heping Road Center. [11]

urban construction

In 2018, Yaohai District implemented 66 land acquisition and relocation projects and completed an area of 2.36 million square meters, ranking first in the main urban area of the city. Among them, there are 36 outstanding projects, 19 completed the requisition and relocation of track line 4, Dazhong Road and other projects, 30 started new projects, and 17 completed the requisition and relocation of track line 6, Yaogang Road and other projects. Daxing Town, Longgang Development Zone and other key projects are well secured. There are 22 reconstruction sites under construction, including Kaiyuan Mansion and Banqiao Garden, with a total area of 3.64 million square meters and 29500 sets. There are 5 rehabilitation sites, including Heyu Homeland and Jitai Homeland, with a total area of 634000 square meters and 5598 sets. There were 8 listed and traded operational land of 456.7 mu, with a turnover of 3.31 billion yuan. A total of 1.7 billion yuan has been invested to implement 7 projects such as Rail Transit Lines 3 and 4, Yuxi Road Elevated East Extension, and promote 7 projects such as Changjiang East Road and Guangde Road. 31 branch road projects of 23.7 kilometers, including Leshui Road and Zhanxi Road, were implemented, of which 17 were completed and opened to traffic. Four slow traffic system reconstruction projects were completed for Wuhu Road, Heping Road and other roads. 52 comprehensive reconstruction projects of Roman Alley, Xiangzhang Alley and other alleys were completed.

Ecological construction

In 2018, Yaohai District set up a district ecological and environmental protection committee, established a joint meeting system for ecological and environmental protection, and comprehensively implemented the working mechanism of environmental protection patrol for street residents. The city has assigned 4 black and odorous water body remediation tasks to be completed. 38 landscaping projects were launched, 947500 square meters of green area was increased and improved, and 163.3% of the tasks assigned by the city were completed. The upgrading project of the First Ring Road boutique road promoted the diversion of rainwater and sewage at 46 key outlets, 240 kilometers of testing pipe network, 191 mixed points, and the water quality of four key river sections, including Nanfei River and Banqiao River, was stable. [10]

social security

In 2018, Yaohai District implemented 18 livelihood projects, with a total investment of 245 million yuan. 12 renovation projects of old residential areas were completed, benefiting 3500 households. 1034 parking spaces in 11 public parking lots, such as Sanlian Community and Caishi Road, were put into use, and 11 vegetable markets, such as Minghuang and Hongguang, were upgraded. 11549 new urban jobs were created. 3 million yuan was allocated to Chaohu City for assistance. We have granted 74.7 million yuan in social assistance and social welfare, and purchased 600000 person times of home-based elderly care services. 11 community home-based elderly care service centers (stations) and 29 elderly care canteens will be built. Won the title of "Provincial Advanced Unit for Aging Publicity in 2018". We will complete the election of the community and neighborhood committees. The city's first street volunteer service center was built. [10]

Transportation

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Yaohai District is the transportation hub of Hefei. Hefei Railway Station, Long distance Bus Station and Hefei Xingang are located in the district, Hefei Xuzhou, Hefei Nanjing, Hefei Wuhu and other expressways pass through the district, Hefei Luogang Airport is only 10 minutes' drive away, and Nanfei River water transportation is accessible to the sea. [12]

Historical culture

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Iron calligraphy
Iron character calligraphy is famous for its long history, unique style and exquisite craftsmanship. It began in the Kangxi period between the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, and has a history of more than 340 years. It is a pure manual forging technique that combines various artistic techniques such as folk paper-cut, sculpture, and inlay. It is made of iron as raw material by forging, drilling, pressure lifting welding, filing, chiseling and other techniques after smelting in a red furnace. It fully demonstrates the flexibility and ductility of steel, and is a unique art. [13]
Zheng Xiaoliang's gourd pyrography
Zheng Xiaoliang's works take the gourd as the pyrography platform, specialize in figures and landscapes by pure pyrography, start with traditional Chinese painting in techniques, inherit the essence of traditional Chinese painting, and absorb the realistic skills of western painting, thus breaking through the traditional pyrography style. He learned from many experts and devoted himself to the study of traditional Chinese painting and western painting, striving to be implicit in traditional Chinese painting and realistic in western painting. During more than 20 years of pyrography art creation, Zheng Xiaoliang has made great efforts to explore a unique artistic style, with elegant works and vivid characters. [14]

famous scenery

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Huachong Park
There are Li Hongzhang enjoys the hall , Li's Ancestral Temple, Wang Yaqiao's Tomb and other cultural landscapes, and Anmei Culture and Art Center, the only national cultural industry demonstration base in Anhui Province. In addition, there are Peace Square, Victory Square, Xinhai Square, Yaohai Park, Huachong Park, Ecological Park, Anhui architectural complex of Hongzhang Food and Culture Street Shaoquan Lake Scenic spots and other places. [1]

Honorary title

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In 2017, Yaohai District was selected as one of the national top 100 comprehensive strength districts. [15]
In October 2018, Yaohai District was selected as one of the "2018 National Top 100 Investment Potential Districts" and the 2018 National Top 100 New Urbanization Quality Districts. [16-17]
In February 2019, Yaohai District was selected as the national advanced unit of grass-roots TCM work at the county level. [18]
In September 2019, Yaohai District was included in the list of top 10 comprehensive manufacturing development areas in Anhui Province. [19]
In October 2019, the People's Daily published the Research Results of 2019 High Quality Development Index of China's Small and Medium Cities, and Yaohai District ranked No. 40 in the 2019 National Top 100 Comprehensive Strength District List; [4] Selected as one of the top 100 regions with investment potential in 2019 [5] 2019 National Top 100 Districts of New Urbanization Quality. [6]
In June 2020, Yaohai District was selected as the "Third Civilized Urban Area of Anhui Province". [20]
In January 2021, Yaohai District was selected as the eighth batch of national unity and progress demonstration units. [21]
In May 2021, Yaohai District was selected as the National Labor Education Experimental Zone for Primary and Secondary Schools. [23]
In July 2021, Yaohai District was selected into the fourth batch of water-saving society construction standard counties. [24]
In August 2023, it was selected into the 2023 CCID Top 100 District, ranking 99th. [34]