Yes.
On October 6, 1760 (the twenty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign), Qianlong officially approved the transfer of the Chief Envoy of Anhui to the Anqing Mansion. Anqing officially became the capital of Anhui Province. After Anhui was established as a province, the Huizhou area along the Yangtze River and south of the Yangtze River became the center of economic development. The regional business gang, Huizhou merchants, has dominated the Chinese business community for hundreds of years. Anhui has always been one of the richest provinces in the country, and the amount of taxes paid each year has always ranked among the top ten in the country.
As the provincial capital at that time, Anqing achieved rapid development. China's first modern military industrial enterprise, the Anqing Ordnance Institute, was established in Anqing. For a time, first-class scientific and technological experts such as Rong Hong, Xu Shou, and Hua Hengfang gathered here to create China's first steam engine and the first A motor ship. This event is of great significance. It marks the beginning of Anqing and even Anhui's modernization process in China.
Subsequently, Anhui Province’s first power plant, first water plant, first telegraph office, first telephone, first official road, first airport, first The first modern library, the first university, the first newspaper... were all born here.
The most prominent thing is the development of literature and art. Ancient Anhui culture, Zen culture, drama culture and Tongcheng culture complement each other here, and many artists have gone nationwide from here. During the Guangxu period, Chen Duxiu held a library lecture in Anqing and founded Anhui Common Words Newspaper, which was the first time he tried to raise the banner of new culture. During this period, Anqing, together with Wuchang and Jiangning, was known as the "Three Peaks of the Yangtze River".
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The first temporary relocation of the provincial capital: On January 11, 1851, the "Jintian Uprising" occurred in history, and subsequently, the "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" was established. On February 9, 1853, the Taiping Army marched eastward from Wuhan along the Yangtze River, broke through the Qing army's Susong defense line, and advanced toward Anqing.
At this time, Anqing had become an isolated city. Anhui Governor Jiang Wenqing, Chief Envoy Li Benren, and 3,000 soldiers from Langshan Town General Wang Pengfei were trapped in the city. Xianfeng strictly ordered the imperial minister Qi Shan to rescue him, but Qi Shan rushed to Wuhan instead. Another imperial envoy, Xiang Rong, also failed to rescue him. On the 17th of this month, the city of Anqing was tense, and the atmosphere on the river was filled with terror.
In the afternoon, the Taiping Army crossed the river to attack Anqing. Fu Jixun, the prefect of Anqing, fled. At night, the Taiping Army entered the city and killed the governor Jiang Wenqing. Starting from April 24 of this year, the provincial capital was moved to Luzhou Prefecture (today's Hefei). It was not until 1862 that the provincial capital was moved back to Anqing.
The current situation was turbulent and the provincial capital changed several times: At the beginning of the Republic of China, Anqing was still the capital of Anhui Province. During this period, the political situation changed, and several governments briefly temporarily located the provincial capital in Bengbu, an emerging transportation hub. For example, on June 30, 1914, Yuan Shikai appointed warlord Ni Sichong as the governor of Anhui and other provincial military and political administrators, and his official residence was located in Bengbu. From July 1925 to the spring of 1927, several provincial government agencies of the Beijing government were also located in Bengbu.
At the beginning of 1938, the Japanese invaders invaded the Yangtze River Basin and marched westward from Shanghai along the Yangtze River. The Anhui Provincial Government of the National Government panicked after hearing the news and hurriedly moved the provincial capital to Lu'an County (now a city). On June 12 of the same year, Anqing fell into the hands of the Japanese army.
As the temporary provincial capital, Lu'an only lasts from January 13 to June 27. On June 27 of this year, the temporary provincial capital was moved to Jinjiazhai, Lihuang County (now submerged in Meishan Reservoir), where it remained until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. During this period, there were several moves. On January 2, 1943, the Japanese army invaded Lihuang (Jinjiazhai). The provincial government hurriedly moved to Yeji on the 3rd, and then to Lijiawei, Huoqiu on the 5th, where they stayed until the 19th.
The war of resistance was won. In 1945, the Anhui Provincial Government moved out of Jinzhai. Li Pinxian, Chairman of Anhui Province of the Kuomintang, was unwilling to move back to Anqing. He felt a headache because there were too many progressive elements in Anqing, so he moved the provincial capital to Hefei. Until August 1948, it moved south again to Anqing.
The War of Liberation began, and the Kuomintang troops were retreating steadily. The Anhui Provincial Government moved from Anqing to Wuhu in February 1949. At this point, the history of Anqing as the capital of Anhui Province came to an end.
As the situation developed, in late March, the provincial capital was moved to Tunxi (now Tunxi District, Huangshan City) until Tunxi was liberated on April 28.
Anhui once had "no province and no provincial capital": according to historical records, in fact, the Communist Party of China began to rebuild before Anhui was completely liberated. On February 16, 1949, the East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a notice to establish the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Provincial People's Government in Hefei, and the leaders have been finalized.
On April 3 of the same year, the East China Bureau replied to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: "Since it is necessary to concentrate the main cadres to take charge of urban work, and because the main cadres are only sufficient, it has been decided not to establish the Anhui Provincial Committee for the time being. The Wannan District Party Committee and the Wannan District Party Committee were separately established. "Due to the situation, the process of establishing Anhui Province was delayed.
After liberation, the province as a whole administrative region experienced a brief interruption, changing from one province to two administrative offices, namely the Northern Anhui Administrative Office and the Southern Anhui Administrative Office. The Northern Anhui Administrative Office was established on April 15, 1949, with its first-level administrative residence in Hefei; the Southern Anhui Administrative Office was established on May 13, 1949, with its first-level administrative residence in Tunxi and then moved to Wuhu in the same year. Both are directly under the East China Bureau.
On December 20, 1951, according to the decision of the East China Military and Political Commission, the Southern Anhui and Northern Anhui Administrative Offices first opened their offices in Hefei City to prepare for the establishment of the Anhui Provincial People's Government. On August 7, 1952, the Central People's Government officially approved the cancellation of the People's Administrative Offices of Northern Anhui and Southern Anhui and the establishment of Anhui Province. On August 25, the People's Government of Anhui Province was formally established in Hefei City, and the two administrative offices were officially ended. Hefei became the new provincial capital of New Anhui.
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