Yuzhong District, located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Chongqing metropolitan area, is one of the nine districts of the main city of Chongqing. It is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River, and is also known as the Yuzhong Peninsula because it is surrounded by two rivers and resembles a peninsula. As the center of Chongqing's politics, economy, culture and trade circulation, Yuzhong District is also known as "Mountain City" and "River City", where the Bayu culture, the anti-war culture and the spirit of the Red Rock originated.
Yuzhong District covers an area of 23.24 square kilometers (land area of 20.08 square kilometers), with 11 streets under its jurisdiction. According to the seventh population census, as of November 1, 2020, there were 588,717 permanent residents in Yuzhong District.
Yuzhong District is a national civilized urban area, and has been awarded "China's Caring City", "Municipal Environmental Protection Model District", "National Chronic Disease Comprehensive Prevention and Control Demonstration District", "In June 2020, Yuzhong was selected by the Central Committee for Rule of Law as one of the first batch of national model regions and projects for the construction of rule of law government, and on October 20, Yuzhong was selected as one of the national model cities (counties) for double embracing.
Yuzhong is the "mother city" of Chongqing, with 3000 years of Jiangzhou City, 800 years of Chongqing Mansion, and 100 years of Liberation Monument, it has accumulated heavy humanistic heritage such as BaYu culture, anti-war culture, and the spirit of red rock, and has nurtured Chongqing's "root" and "source", as well as the "root" and "source" of Chongqing's culture. "source", concentrated the essence of the mountain city, river city, city of night, showing the charm of "old Chongqing negative, new Chongqing living room", in the hearts of the old Chongqing people, "to Yuzhong is to enter the city". By 2020, Yuzhong District will realize the goal of regional development.
In 2020, Yuzhong District will realize a GDP of 135.85 billion yuan, an increase of 3.6% over the previous year. The average GDP output of 6.77 billion yuan per square kilometer, ranking first in the city. 2021 annual GDP of 151.77 billion yuan, an increase of 6.1%, of which the added value of the tertiary industry is 139.14 billion yuan, an increase of 6.5%. 2022 GDP of 156.091 billion yuan.