Wuwei (simplified Chinese: 无为; traditional Chinese: 無為; pinyin: Wúwéi) is a county-level city in the southeast of Anhui Province, China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Wuhu.^[1] Previously a county, Wuwei was upgraded to a county-level city in late 2019.^[2] It has population of 1,214,000 as of 2018, and an area of 2,022 square kilometres (781 sq mi).^[1] The government of Wuwei City is located in the town of Wucheng [zh].^{[citation needed]}

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Wuwei 无为市
County-level city
Sunset in Wuwei, view from Hefei–Fuzhou High-Speed Railway
Wuwei in Wuhu
Wuhu in Anhui
Coordinates (Wuwei municipal government): 31°18′16″N 117°54′08″E
Country	China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Wuhu
Municipal seat	Wucheng (无城镇)
Area [1]
• Total	2,022 km2 (781 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	817,997
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	238300
Area code	0553
Website	www.ww.gov.cn

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Wuwei directly administers the following 20 towns:^[3]

On December 16, 2019, the State Council approved re-designating Wuwei from a county to a county-level city, due to the area's increasing urbanization.^[2] Eight months later, The Economist commented on the urbanization, describing that "at the heart of Wuwei, high-rise housing and a glossy white shopping centre sit next to dilapidated alleys where farmers sell live chickens".^[6]

In 2018, the city recorded a GDP of 438.2 billion yuan, and retail sales totaling 129.5 billion yuan.^[1]

• Wang Chuanfu, founder of BYD^[7]