六安地处安徽、河南、湖北三省交界处。南依大别山，北靠淮河，全市总面积1.8万平方公里，总人口700万，在全省17个市中面积第一，人口第二。全市现辖金安、裕安两区，寿县、舒城、霍山、金寨、霍邱五县，以及叶集改革发展试验区和六安经济技术开发区。六安历史悠久。四千年前，这里是上古四圣之一皋陶的封地，故六安又称皋城。公元前121年，汉武帝取“六地平安”之意，置六安国，六安之名沿袭至今。六安区位显要，交通便捷。西安—南京铁路、上海—武汉—成都快速铁路、合肥至九江铁路、阜阳—六安铁路穿境而过，上海—西安、合肥—武汉、济南—广州、合肥—阜阳、合肥—安庆高速公路以及312国道、206国道、105国道纵横全市，正在兴建的新桥国际机场到六安仅40公里。2006年，六安被交通部列入国家公路运输枢纽布局规划。在铁路和高速公路建成后，到上海3个半小时，到南京、武汉1个半小时，到合肥和新桥国际机场半小时左右。中心城市建设日新月异，一个60平方公里、60万人口，功能齐全，环境优美的中心城市框架已基本形成，150平方公里、140万人口的远景规划正在编制。
 
    六安幅员辽阔，资源丰富。全市耕地面积660万亩，可养水面100万亩，山场1100万亩。盛产110多种名特优农副产品，是全国重要的商品粮生产基地，油料、麻类、茶叶、蚕茧、板栗、肉禽、羽绒、水产、木竹等产量名列安徽前茅。素有白鹅王国、茶药宝库、丝绸
 
之府、水电之乡、旅游天堂之美誉。霍邱铁矿储量全国第五，华东第一。六安瓜片、皖西白鹅、霍山石斛甲称全国，享誉世界。
 
    六安生态优良，环境优美。是全省六大旅游区之一。南部为高山峻岭所盘踞，千峰竞险，万岭争秀；中部为低缓的丘陵所环列，满坡青翠，丰盈流金；北部为淮河平原的一部分，绿芜平畴，画里人家。全市已建成240万亩国家级和省级自然保护区，建成省级以上森林公园近15万亩，竹海茂林、绿韵醉人。六安市为安徽省生态建设示范市，境内的金寨县、舒城县是国家级生态示范区，霍山县是国家级生态示范试点县。
 
    自2000年设立省辖市以来，全市国民经济快速发展，城市面貌焕然一新，人民生活水平明显提高。特别是近五年，全市经济年平均增长13.2%，全市地区生产总值、规模工业增加值、财政收入、社会消费品零售总额、城乡居民收入等主要经济指标增长速度位居全省前列。随着经济的快速发展，全市对外形象不断提升。先后被建设部授予“中国人居环境奖”、“水环境治理优秀范例城市”，被安徽浙江商会和浙江总商会评为“浙商投资最佳服务市”和“浙商（省外）最佳投资城市”荣誉称号。
 
    近年来，市委、市政府坚持工业化核心战略和招商引资主战略，强力推进工业化、城镇化、农业产业化和信息化，逐步把六安建设成为省会经济圈乃至东南沿海地区的加工制造配套基地、轻纺工业转移承接基地、农特产品生产供应基地、生态休闲度假旅游基地和现代商贸物流中心。
 
    显要的区位、便捷的交通、丰富的资源和日益增强的经济基础，蕴育了巨大的商机。六安正以开放的姿态、宽松的环境、完备的功能，优惠的政策，迎接海内外客商考察指导，投资兴业。我们将热忱服务，精诚合作，携手并肩，共创美好未来！
 
Outline of Lu’an City

六安市情

Lu’an city lies on the border of Anhui, Hunan and Hubei provinces, and is located between the northern foot of Dabie Mountain and southern Huaihe River, with a total area of 18 thousand square km and a total population of more than 7 million. The land area ranks first, and the population ranks second in 17 cities of Anhui province. At present, there''re two districts, five counties and two provincial development zones under its jurisdiction. They''re Jin''an district, Yu''an district, Shouxian county, Shucheng county, Huoshan county, Jinzhai county, Huoqiu county, Lu''an Economic and technological development zone and Yeji reform pilot development zone.

Lu''an is extensive and abundant in natural resources with cultivable land area 440 thousand hectares, water area 67 thousand hectares, mountain area 730 thousand hectares. It is an important commodity grain production base in China, producing over 110 kinds of agricultural and sideline products. Many of its agriculture and forest products are at top of list in our province. The products are oil corps, stem-fiber crops, teas, cocoons, Chinese chestnuts, poultries, eiderdowns, aquatic products, woods, etc. It holds famous name of ”realm of white goose”, ”treasure house of tea and herbs”, ”capital of silks”, ”land of hydroelectric power”, ”paradise of tourist”.

Location is superior and traffic is convenience here. Xi’an-Nanjing, Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu express railroad, and Hefei-Jiujiang, Fuyang-Lu’an railway traverses the territory. Shanghai-Xi’an, Hefei-Wuhan, Ji’nan-Guangzhou, Hefei-Fuyang, Hefei-Anqing express high ways and national highways 312,206 and 105 meet here and go through the region. Xinqiao international airport being built is only 40 kilometers away. Lu’an city constructions are changing with each passing day. A fully functional, 60-square-kilometre urban frame with 600 thousand populations and elegant environment is taking shape. The prospects of the urban area having 150 square kilometers and 1.4 million populations are planned.

since the city was promoted to the status of a provincially-administered municipality in 2000, Lu’an city has witnessed a booming economy, and the city has taken on a completely new look. Meanwhile, the people’s living standard has greatly improved. Especially in the latest five years, the mean annual economic growth has reached 13.2 percent, and lots of significant economic indexes stand in the front rank in Anhui province such as gross regional product, industrial added value, fiscal revenues, overall retail sales of social consumption products, income of urban and rural residents. Along with the rapid economic development, the external image of Lu’an city has advanced continuously, and it was granted ”National Habitation Environment Award”, and the ”Model City in the Aquatic Environmental Treatment” by the National Construction Department.

In recent years, the municipal party committee and the city government adhere to core strategies of industrialization and main strategies of attracting investments, and vigorously promote industrialization, urbanization, agricultural industrialization and informatization. Lu’an will be gradually developed into the bases of processing and manufacturing, diverting of light and textile industries, manufacturing and supplying of agricultural special products, ecological leisure and vacation tour in the Anhui provincial capital economic circle, even the southeast coastal area.. Lu’an will be constructed into the centre of business logistics collecting and distributing in the area also.

Because of the superior geographic location, convenient traffics, abundant resources and the continuously growing of the economic bases, the tremendous business opportunities have emerged! Welcome with the opening attitude all merchandisers at home and abroad to come to us for business cooperation. Here are more relaxing environments, more perfect functions and more favorable investment policies! Let us hand in hand create a even better tomorrow!