Cenxi City, anciently known as Yizhou, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, administered by Wuzhou City, is located in the southeastern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, at the junction of the two provinces, with a high topography in the southeast and a low topography in the northwest, belonging to a typical subtropical monsoon climate zone, with a total area of 2,783 square kilometers. As of March 2023, the city has 14 towns under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, Cenxi City had a resident population of 726,800.
In the second year of Tang Zhide (757), Anyi County was changed to Yongye County, and Longcheng County was changed to Cenxi County, which was the beginning of the name of Cenxi County. Cenxi City is the combination of Southwest China and the Pearl River Delta Economic Circle, which is not only the connection point between the resource-based economy of Southwest China and the coastal outward-oriented economy, but also the bridgehead of Southwest China out of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, with the Luoyang Zhanjiang Railway, Cenxi Cangwu, Cenxi Xingyi and Cenxi Luoding Expressways, National Highway 207, 324 and the transit of the Huanghua River and the Yichangjiang River, and the main tourist attractions are Shimiao Scenic Spot, Tianyi Scenic Spot, Longcheng Scenic Spot, and the Cengshui Scenic Spot, and the Cengxi Cengshui Scenic Spot. There are three major scenic spots: Stone Temple Scenic Spot, Tianlongding Mountain Park, Baishangjian Scenic Spot, Denggong Temple, Zhangmu Ancient Street, Guandi Temple, and "Fifth Diffraction" pagoda, etc. On January 9, 2019, by virtue of the Niu Niang Opera, it was selected as the " Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art" for the year of 2018-2020, which is one of the most famous Chinese folk culture and art towns. Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art" list.
In 2022, Cenxi City realized a gross regional product of 25.942 billion yuan, an increase of 2.9% over 2021 at comparable prices.