| Wuwei | |
| Native Name: | 无为市 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
| Postal Code: | 238300 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Seat: | Wucheng (Chinese: 无城镇) |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Settlement Type: | County-level city |
| Image Map1: | Location of Wuhu Prefecture within Anhui (China).png |
| Map Caption1: | Wuhu in Anhui |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Anhui |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wuhu |
| Area Code: | 0553 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2022 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 817997 |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Wuwei municipal government |
| Coordinates: | 31.3044°N 117.9023°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Wuwei is a county-level city in the southeast of Anhui Province, China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Wuhu. Previously a county, Wuwei was upgraded to a county-level city in late 2019.[1] It has population of 1,214,000 as of 2018, and an area of 2022km2.[2] The government of Wuwei City is located in the town of .
Wuwei directly administers the following 20 towns:[3]
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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. 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".[4]
In 2018, the city recorded a GDP of 438.2 billion yuan, and retail sales totaling 129.5 billion yuan.