Situated at the southern end of the North China Plain, Bozhou City is located in the northwestern part of Anhui Province, and covers an area of 8,374 square kilometers with a permanent population of about 4.96 million.

Bozhou is blessed with rich natural resources, and has a robust momentum in developing multi-level composite industries such as medicinal herbs, liquor making, and mineral resources. The trading volume of Chinese herbal medicine, the production of Chinese herbal decoction pieces, and the processing of health scented tea all rank first in the country, and the underground coal and oil resources are very rich. Bozhou boasts a long history and splendid culture. It is home to a lot of sages and famous figures in Chinese history, such as Laozi, the founder of Taoism, Zhuangzi, an influential philosopher, and Hua Tuo, a highly-skilled doctor who invented "anesthesia powder" and "Wuqinxi" (a set of physical exercise to improve people's immune systems).

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