Wuwei, abbreviated as "Wu" or "Liang", anciently known as Yongzhou, Liangzhou, and Guzang, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, an important node city of the Gansu section of the Silk Road Economic Belt, a National Famous Historical and Cultural City, and the center city of the Hexi Corridor, as approved by the People's Government of Gansu Province. As of June 2023, the city has jurisdiction over 1 district, 2 counties and 1 autonomous county. As of the end of 2022, the city had a resident population of 1,445,100.
Wuwei City is located in northwestern China, central Gansu Province, the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor, east of Lanzhou City, south of Xining City, north of Yinchuan City and Inner Mongolia, west of Jinchang City and Zhangye City, the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, with a complex local topography and a temperate continental arid climate, with a total area of 32,351.69 square kilometers. Is named by the State Council open city, Gansu Province to determine the regional center of the city, the western part of the important traffic pass city.
Wuwei City has a long history, as early as four or five thousand years ago, there were Rong, Yuezhi, Usun northern ethnic groups living together. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Hussar General Huo Zaiwei on an expedition to the west of the river to defeat the Xiongnu, highlighting the Han Empire's "military prowess" named Wuwei. Wuwei has many attractions and monuments, natural landscape and history and culture, has been named the National Famous Historical and Cultural City, China's outstanding tourist city and China Wine City. Because Wuwei is located in the ancient Silk Road, is the ancient economic hub of the Central Plains and the Western Region, the Central Plains culture and Western culture of the convergence of the spread of the place, the western section of the Silk Road, the main pass, Chinese and foreign merchants gathered in the capital, successive dynasties have set up counties and governments in Wuwei.
In 2023, the city's gross regional product of 70.808 billion yuan, calculated on the basis of constant prices, an increase of 7% over the previous year. Among them, the primary industry added value of 23.235 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4%, the secondary industry added value of 12.791 billion yuan, an increase of 7.6%, the tertiary industry added value of 34.782 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1%.