Anhui Province in southeastern China is situated 29.25 to 34.39
degrees north latitude and 114.43 to 119.38 degrees east
longitude. Lying in the middle and lower valleys of the Yangtze
and Huaihe rivers, it borders Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu,
Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces. It is an inland province
in China. Covering an area of 130,000 square kilometers. It is
with a population of over 59 million. The part of Anhui north of
the Huaihe River has a warm-temperate, semi-humid monsoonal
climate while the part south of the river has a sub-tropical,
humid monsoonal climate. The mean annual temperature is above 14
to 16 degrees Celsius from north to south -- the hottest month,
July, averaging 27-28 degrees Celsius and the coldest month,
January, -3-3 degrees Celsius -- and the mean annual
precipitation is 750-2,000 mm. It is one of the important
agricultural provinces, with products ranging from rice, wheat,
cotton, vegetable oil crops, cotton, tea, jute, silkworm
cocoons, and roast tobacco, etc. Its main miner