Yueyang City, ancient name "Baling", also known as "Yuezhou", prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, the provincial sub-center city, the second largest economy in the province, located in the northeastern part of Hunan Province, the Yangtze River in the north, south of Sanxiang, embracing the dongtian, the river and the lake; as of March 2023, the city has three districts under its jurisdiction, four counties, two county-level cities, and an administrative area of 14,858 square kilometers. As of March 2023, the city has three districts, four counties, and two county-level cities under its jurisdiction, with an administrative area of 14,858 square kilometers; as of the end of 2022, the city had a resident population of 5,017,500 people. Yueyang City is one of the first open cities along the river under the State Council and an important regional center city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The city was founded in 505 years ago, named after the original county seat located in the south of Tianyue Mafu Mountain, and is a famous cultural city with a long history of more than 2,500 years. Yueyang City has extremely convenient transportation, with the Yangtze River, Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Haoji Railway, Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, Hangrui Expressway and other national transportation arteries intertwined into a network in the city. Yueyang is the only international trade port city in Hunan and a famous port city in China. Chenglingji Port is accessible to the river and the sea, with Chenglingji Comprehensive Bonded Zone.On December 26, 2018 Yueyang Sanho Airport was officially opened. Yueyang City has profound humanities and beautiful scenery, combining famous mountains, water, buildings, celebrities and literature, and is one of the important origins of Chinese culture, as well as a famous tourist attraction both at home and abroad.In 2014, it was awarded as China's Happiest City and the City with the Most Cultural Soft Power, and is the only prefecture-level city in the country that has won the two awards. 2015, Yueyang was awarded as one of China's Top Ten Vitality and Leisure Cities. 2015, Yueyang was awarded as one of China's Top 10 Vitality and Leisure Cities. In 2015, Yueyang was awarded the title of "National Civilized City". in June 2020, Yueyang was selected by the Central Committee for Rule of Law as one of the first batch of national demonstration regions and projects for the construction of rule of law government. in July 2020, Yueyang City was recognized as a national sanitary city by the National Sanitation Committee. . In 2022, the gross regional product of Yueyang City was 471.067 billion yuan, an increase of 5.4% over the previous year.