In the early 1980th, Hefei became one of the fourth science & education base cities in China, the same with Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu. The percentage of educated residents ranked No.2 in China.  On February 22nd, 2008, Vice Premier Wu Yi attended the Awarding Ceremony of Hefei, the 12th ChinaServiceOutsourcingBaseCity. The famous business magazine "Forbes" released the best 100 commercial cities of China in 2008.Hefei comes to the 37th place.