Shangqiu is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, located in the east of Henan Province, abbreviated as "Shang", is a regional center city in the junction of Henan, Shandong, Suzhou and Anhui, and a third-tier city. It is located between 114°49'~116°39'E longitude and 33°43'~34°52'N latitude. The city area is 10,704 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Shangqiu City has 2 districts and 6 counties under its jurisdiction, and is in charge of 1 county-level city and 2 functional areas. The municipal government is located at No. 1 Fuqian Road in Suoyang District. As of the end of 2021, Shangqiu had a household population of 10.12 million, and as of the end of 2022, a resident population of 7.73 million.
Shangqiu is a national famous historical and cultural city, one of the important birthplaces of the Huaxia civilization and the Chinese nation, an important ancient capital city of China, and is known as the "Natural Museum of the History of Ancient City Building in China". It is the birthplace of "Shang Zu, merchants, business, commodities, business culture", where Suiren, the founder of China and the first of the Three Emperors, invented the fire by drilling wood and created a new era in the history of human civilization. It is known as "the hometown of China's fire culture", "the place of Han Xing", "the place of the two Song dragons", the ancestral home of Confucius, and the emergence of famous people such as Shang Tang and Zhuangzi.
Shangqiu is the center city of national comprehensive transportation hub, and is the node city of national "One Belt, One Road" "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network, Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Longhai Railway and Beijing-Hongkong High-speed Railway, Zheng-Xu High-speed Railway, Shanghe-Hangzhou High-speed Railway crosses in Shangqiu, and the 310 National Highway, 105 National Road The 310 National Highway, 105 National Highway, Lianhuo Highway and Jiguang Highway meet in Shangqiu, constituting a golden "cross" transportation network. Shangqiu is also a national civilized city, national health city, national garden city and national forest city. It has Shangqiu Ancient City and other attractions.
In 2023, the GDP of Shangqiu will be 310.9 billion yuan, with an increase of 3.6%.