Jingmen City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, is an important city in the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and a regional center city in central Hubei, known as the "Gateway to Jingchu". Jingmen is located in the central part of Hubei Province, in the middle and lower reaches of the Han River, bordering Xiangyang and Suizhou in the north, Yichang in the west, Xiaogan in the east, and Jingzhou, Qianjiang and Tianmen in the south, with a total area of 12,400 square kilometers between longitude 111°51′~113°29′ east and latitude 30°32′~31°36′ north. As of October 2022, Jingmen City has 2 districts and 1 county under its jurisdiction, with 2 county-level cities in its stead. As of the end of 2022, the resident population of Jingmen City was 2,547,700 people.
Jingmen City is a famous historical and cultural city in Hubei Province. During the Xia and Shang dynasties, Jingmen territory belonged to Jingzhou, the Western Zhou Dynasty was divided into Quan Guo, Place State, the Han Dynasty set up Dangyang County, the Tang Dynasty set up Jingmen County, the Song Dynasty built Jingmen Army, the Yuan Dynasty set up Jingmen Prefecture, and the Qing Dynasty was Jingmen Directly Affiliated with the State; in 1979, divided into Jingmen County and county-level Jingmen City; in 1983, Jingmen County and county-level Jingmen City were merged to form the prefecture-level Jingmen City.
Jingmen City is an important node city of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, with "iron, water, public, air, tube" five-in-one modern three-dimensional integrated transportation system; within the territory of the Jiao Liu, Chang Jing, Jingsha, Menghua and other railroads, Hu'nan high-speed rail and high speed rail along the Yangtze River in the convergence; Hanjiang River, Jingmen Port, access to the river and the sea; Shanghai and Rong, Erguang, Suyue, Zaochao submerged in high-speed, intertwined; the main scenic spots within the territory of the city, the main highway and the highway, the main highway and the high speed. The main scenic spots in the city include Obvious Lings, Zhanghe Scenic Area, Yulong Hot Spring and so on.
In 2021, Jingmen realized a gross regional product of 212.086 billion yuan, an increase of 10.8% over the previous year. Among them, the primary industry added value of 27.742 billion yuan, an increase of 11.9%; the secondary industry added value of 87.823 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6%; the tertiary industry added value of 96.521 billion yuan, an increase of 15.6%, and the structure of the three industries from 13.4:42.7:43.9 adjusted to 13.1:41.4:45.5.
