Xinxian County, belonging to Xinyang City, Henan Province, is located in the south of Xinyang City, the hinterland of the Dabie Mountains, the junction of the two provinces of Hubei and Henan. With an administrative area of 1,554 square kilometers, it has 15 townships and 1 street under its jurisdiction, and the county government is located in Xinji Town. As of the end of 2019, the household population of Xinxian County area is 381,836. Located in the transition zone from north subtropical to warm temperate zone, it has a continental humid monsoon climate.
In December 1947, according to the proposal of Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, "Jingfu County" was changed to "Xinxian County", meaning that the people got a new life and lived a happy life.In July 1998, Xinyang District was abolished and the prefecture-level Xinyang City was set up, and Xinxian County belonged to Xinyang City. In Xinxian County, the provincial highway Zhai (He) Tan (Shugang) Highway and South Xin (Yang) Ye (Jie) Highway meet in the territory, and the National Highway 106, Daxing (Qing) Guang (Zhou) Expressway and Beijing-Kowloon Railway pass through the territory.On August 1, 2018, the executive meeting of the government of Henan Province approved the withdrawal of Xinxian County from the poverty-stricken counties.
Xinxian County is a nationally famous old revolutionary area and generals' county, and is the hometown of 93 generals and leading cadres at provincial ministerial level and above, including Xu Shiyou, Li Desheng and Zheng Weishan. There are more than 200 revolutionary historical relics and memorial sites in its territory, including the former residence of General Xu Shiyou.On September 26, 2018, Xinxian County was awarded the title of "China's Natural Oxygen Bar" creation area in 2018.In December 2018, it was awarded the title of the second batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties.In 2018, it was reconfirmed as a national sanitary county city (township). (township).
In 2019, the gross regional product of Xinxian County is 16.3 billion yuan.