Yichang City, Hubei Province, vice-center city, an important member of the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, an important member of the core of the Yijingjingjing metropolitan area, "the world's hydropower capital" prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, known as the ancient name of Yiling. Three Gorges of the Yangtze River starting place, known as the "Three Gorges Gateway", "Sichuan and Ezhou throat" in Hubei Province and even the country created a number of first. Between longitude 110°15'~112°04'E and latitude 29°56'~31°34'N, it is located in the middle of China, southwestern Hubei, and the boundary between the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River; as of 2022, the city has five municipal districts, three county-level cities, three counties, and two autonomous counties under the jurisdiction of the city, with a total area of 21,000 square kilometers; at the end of 2022, the city of Yichang has a resident population of 392.00 million. million people.
Yichang City has been a national civilized city for four consecutive terms, and is a regional central city in the central region as approved by the State Council.In 2023, it was rated as a third-tier city. Yichang is the site of the Three Gorges Project, with more than 400 hydroelectric power stations (including the Three Gorges Dam and the Gezhou Dam),; it is the hometown of Qu Yuan, Rayon, Wang Zhaojun, Yang Shoujing and other historical celebrities; and it is an excellent tourist city in China. As of August 2022, there are 57 A-level tourist attractions, including 26 scenic spots above 4A level and 4 5A-level scenic spots.
Yichang City is an important comprehensive transportation hub in Hubei Province, the Three Gorges Airport is a national aviation first-class port and the international gateway airport of West Hubei and East Chongqing; Yichang East Station is the node station of "four verticals and four horizontals" Shanghai-Hangzhou-Rongzhou Railway; Yichang North Station is the node station of "eight verticals and eight horizontals" along the Yangtze River High-speed Railway and Yichang East Station is the node station of "four vertical and four horizontal" Shanghai-Hangzhou-Rongzhou Railway; Yichang North Station is the hub station of "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway along the river and Hu'nan High-speed Railway; Yichang BRT is the BRT system with the longest single line and the largest number of stations in China.
In 2023, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Yichang will be 575.635 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 7.1%.