Lei (lěi) Yang City, Hunan Province, county-level city, administered by Hengyang City, located in southern Hunan Province, north of the Wuling Mountain Range, located in the southern edge of the Hengyang Basin to the Wuling Mountain Range transition; as of the end of 2022, the city's jurisdiction over 6 streets, 19 towns, 5 townships, with a total area of 2,656 square kilometers and a resident population of 1.124 million people.
West Han Gaozu five years (202 years ago), to the north of the Lei water, renamed Leiyang, has a history of more than 2,200 years, because of its location on the north bank of the Lei water and the name, has never changed its name, known as "Jing Chu famous area" "three Xiang ancient cognizance", is the "Paper Sage", "paper saint" townships, townships, townships, townships, townships, townships, townships, townships, townships, townships and villages. Leiyang is also known as the birthplace of Cai Lun, the "Sage of Paper", and the burial place of Du Fu, the "Sage of Poetry". Leiyang is also known as the "hometown of oil tea", "hometown of bamboo", "hometown of energy" and "hometown of white jade"; In the "one point, one line" area, the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Wuhan-Guangzhou High Speed Railway, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, 107 National Highway, 320 Provincial Highway and other traffic arteries in the territory of the intertwined network, Lei water, Chung Homeling River navigable in all seasons; within the territory of the Duling smoky rain, Mafu clear sky, Luji evening barriers, Huazhou spring, Caiji two-moon, Lei water sunset Leiyang ten scenic spots.
In 2022, Leiyang city's gross regional product will be 44.525 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2%.