Yulin City, ancient name Yu (Yu) Linzhou, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, located in southeastern Gui, east of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, south of the Gulf of Tonkin, backed by the Great Southwest, facing Southeast Asia, surrounded by mountains, high in the center, tilted to the north and south; belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, showing significant seasonal variations, a warm and hot climate, warmer, with plenty of heat, the city's total 12,800 square kilometers. As of October 2022, the city is under the jurisdiction of 2 districts, 4 counties, and is in charge of 1 county-level city. As of the end of 2022, Yulin had a resident population of 5,823,300 people.
In March 1956, Yulin County was renamed Yulin County, and the place name of Yulin has been around since then. Yulin is a pilot city for national reform and development, a national pilot area for rural reform, a pilot area for cross-strait agricultural cooperation, an important node city of the Beibu Gulf City Cluster and the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone of Guangxi, a member of the Pearl River-West River Economic Belt, and a pilot area for the development of the industrial integration of the two gulfs of Guangxi (Yulin), and is a city that carries on the east and starts the west, and is a city that connects with the west. Yulin is an important corridor and key node city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, is in the combination of the South China Economic Circle and the Greater Southwest China Economic Circle, is one of the second batch of rural reform pilot zones in the country, has been identified by the Central Civilization Office as a nomination city for the National Civilized City, and has been named a national pilot city for intellectual property rights. Nanning-Guangzhou Expressway, Yulin-Beihai Tieshangang Expressway, Lizhan Railway, Luozhan Railway, Yutie Railway are intersecting in Yulin; Yulin is rich in tourism resources, with scenic spots such as Yuntian Folk Culture City, Dairongshan National Forest Park, Xelu Villa, and highest peak of the mountain. Yulin is Guangxi's largest and China's famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with a profound culture of Xiangxian, Hakka, Yu Shang and overseas Chinese.
In 2022, Yulin's GDP (preliminary accounting number) was 216.746 billion yuan, an increase of 2.5% over the previous year at comparable prices.