Huangshi City, Hubei Province, prefecture-level city, for the State Council approved the determination of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, an important industrial base, open cities along the river, the center of the E'Dong region, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River city cluster regional center of the city, Central China advanced manufacturing base, Wuhan City Circle, deputy center of the city, is located in the southeastern part of Hubei Province, is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River on the south bank, the northeast of the Yangtze River and the city of Huanggang across the river, the north of the Ezhou, the west of Wuhan, Ezhou, southwest of Xianning as a neighbor. Xianning to the southwest, and Jiujiang, Jiangxi to the southeast; between longitude 114°31′-115°30′ east and latitude 29°30′-30°15′ north, with a total area of 4,583 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Huangshi has 4 districts, 1 county, and 1 county-level city under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, Huangshi had a resident population of 2,444,000 people.
During the Tang and Yu Dynasties, the city belonged to Ermiao. Northern Song Qiande five years (967), began to build Daye County. June 9, 1949, the establishment of Daye County People's Government. June 16, 1950, the Hubei Provincial People's Government to E Civil Affairs Special No. 104, to the South Central Military and Political Committee request, will be reorganized into a city of the Shihuang Industrial and Mining Area, named "Huangshi"; August 21, the same year, Hubei Province under the jurisdiction of Huangshi, Huangshi, a county-level city, the city of Huangshi. On August 21 of the same year, Hubei Province, Huangshi City was formally established.
Huangshi is one of the birthplaces of China's bronze culture, mining and metallurgy civilization, but also the cradle of modern China's national industry, but also has a national class of water transport ports. Huangshi's terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, tilting from southwest to northeast; it has a subtropical monsoon climate.In June 2017, Huangshi was named a national health city.In October 2018, Huangshi was awarded the title of "National Forest City".
In 2022, Huangshi realized a GDP of 204.151 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 5.6% at constant prices.