Baohe District was formed on March 6, 2002 with the adjustment of Hefei's zoning. Located in the south of Hefei city center, it is adjacent to Nanfeihe River in the east, Chaohu Lake in the south, Jinzhai South Road in the west and Huancheng Road in the north, with a total area of 230.7 square kilometers (of which the water area of Chaohu Lake is 4 1.3 square kilometers). It has jurisdiction over Yixing and Yicheng towns, Dawei 1 township, Changqing, Luogang, Wuhu Road, Ningguo Road and Chaohu Road, with a total population of 36 1 10,000, including agricultural population104,600 and non-agricultural population of 256,400. By the end of 2004, the GDP of the whole region had reached 9 1 billion yuan, an increase of 15.9% over the previous year. District-level fiscal revenue reached 508.3 million yuan; The investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 5.375 billion yuan, up by 4.81%over the previous year; The per capita disposable income of urban residents reached 9350 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers reached 4866 yuan, up by 1 1.2% and 12.8% respectively over the previous year. It has successively won a series of honorary titles such as the National Experimental Zone for Sustainable Development, the National Advanced Zone for Scientific and Technological Progress, the Advanced Zone for the Development of Township Enterprises in the whole province, and the Advanced Unit for Letters and Calls in the whole province.

Baohe District governs 5 streets, 2 towns and 2 townships: Chaohu Road Street, Ningguo Road Street, Wuhu Road Street, Changqing Street, Luogang Street, Yicheng Town, yixing town, Dawei Township and Yandun Township.