China Focus: East China city fuels innovation through focus on sci-tech

HEFEI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Inside NIO's second factory, located in an industrial park in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, the automated production lines are efficiently assembling electric cars to meet robust market demand.

From January to September, the Chinese electric car startup delivered 149,281 vehicles, up 35.7 percent year on year. As of Oct. 1, its total deliveries amounted to over 590,000