Hechuan, a district under Chongqing Municipality, is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the northwestern part of Chongqing, within the Chongqing metropolitan area. Hechuan District is the six satellite cities of Chongqing, is an important strategic pivot city of Chongqing's main metropolitan area, is located in the third ring of Chongqing, adjacent to the Two Rivers New Area, is the first station of the China-European Union liner (Chongqing) into Chongqing, located in the Chengdu-Chongqing region of the Twin Cities Economic Circle zone, as of 2020, the area of the district of 2,344 square kilometers, jurisdiction of seven street offices, 23 towns, according to the seventh population census data, as of November 2020 According to the seventh population census data, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, Hechuan District has a resident population of 1,245,294 people.
Hechuan District, is one of the birthplaces of Ba culture, there are famous historical and cultural monuments in the territory, such as Diaoyu City, Lotus Beach Ancient Town, Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Senkai, Lu Zuofu, Tao Xingzhi and other celebrities of the past dynasties have been teaching and entrepreneurship in this area, and it is the hometown of the first juvenile hero of the new China, Liu Wenwen. Chongqing to Shaanxi, Gansu and other places in the transportation hub of northwest Chongqing, northeast Sichuan, the three rivers, coal, rock salt, natural gas, strontium ore and limestone reserves, the largest glass production base in the central and western regions, known as the "Oriental Mecca City, God's Whip", and "Hechuan Peach Slice" is famous nationwide. "On October 22, 2018, it was selected as the 2018 National Pilot Zone Creation List for Integrated Development of Rural One, Two, Three Industries.
In 2022, the gross regional product of Hechuan District will be 100.28 billion yuan, an increase of 2.6% year-on-year.