Shucheng County, belonging to Anhui Province, Lu'an City, is located in the central part of Anhui Province, the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta, the shore of Chaohu Lake, between the river and Huaihuai, close to Hefei. It is the intersection of Hefei, Lu'an and Anqing. It lies between longitude 116°26'-117°15' east and latitude 31°01'-31°34' north, with an east-west length of 86 kilometers, a north-south width of 49.5 kilometers, and a total area of 2,100 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Shucheng County has 15 towns and 6 townships under its jurisdiction, and another development zone. As of the end of 2021, Shucheng County had a household population of 982,927,000.
Shucheng is one of the birthplaces of Chinese dragon culture and one of the thirteen Liangzhu culture birthplaces in China. In ancient times, there were Liu Xin, the educator Wen Weng, the commander of Wu army in Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu, the great painter Li Gonglin in Song Dynasty, Zheng Shi, the Minister of Criminal Affairs and Qin Minyue in Ming Dynasty, and in modern times, there were Hu Di, one of the "Three Heroes of Longtan" on the intelligence front in the early period of the Communist Party who was praised by the Premier Zhou, and Tao Yin, the leading figure of the country in the field of political and economic sciences, etc. In modern times, there are famous scholars in international financial sciences, and there are also many famous scholars in international financial sciences. In modern times, there are famous scholars and professors in the field of international finance Teng Maotong, academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences Liu Youcheng and Song Jiashu, academician of Academy of Engineering Liu Jie, and writer Ai Xuan and so on.
In 2021, Shucheng County will realize a GDP of 35.73719 billion yuan, of which 3.90696 billion yuan will be in the primary sector, 16.93064 billion yuan in the secondary sector and 14.89959 billion yuan in the tertiary sector, with a three-industry structure of 10.9:47.4:41.7, and a per capita GDP of 36,178 yuan based on the household population.
