Hefei is a hub of innovation and change

The one thing that seems to be a constant with modern China is change, often for the better.

I am in Hefei, Anhui province, this week, where transformation is now very much part of everyday life.

In the past, reporting assignments in the dog days of August in this part of eastern China might have been about writing about its native huicai, one of China's eight cuisines famous for its stinky fish and yellow tofu dishes.