Yixing City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, administered by Wuxi City, is located in the southwestern end of Jiangsu Province, the center of Shanghai, Ningbo and Hangzhou Triangle, east of Taihu Lake water surface and Suzhou Taihu Lake water surface is connected to the southeast of Zhejiang Province, Changxing County, southwest of Anhui Province, Guangde City, west of Liyang City, northwest of Changzhou City, Jintan District, and north of Changzhou City, Wujin District, is adjacent to. Yixing City has a total area of 1996.6 square kilometers, with a total of 5 streets and 13 towns under its jurisdiction, and the municipal government is stationed at No. 8 Tao Du Road, Yicheng Street. As of the end of 2022, Yixing City has a resident population of 1.288 million, with an urbanization rate of 69.58%.
Yixing City is a national historical and cultural city. During the Zhou Dynasty, it was called Jingyi, and during the Spring and Autumn Period, it belonged to Wu. Jingyi is said to have gotten its name from Jingxi, which stretches east and west. After the unification of the six kingdoms by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Jingyi was changed to Yangxian County. According to historical records, the Yin of Jingxi has many mountains, and its Yangxianwo, which means "diffraction" and "envy", was named Yangxian. In the first year of Yongxing of Western Jin Dynasty (304), Yangxian County was changed to Yixing County. Northern Song Dynasty Taipingxingguo first year (976 years), to avoid the name of Song Emperor Zhao Guangyi taboo, take the meaning of "Yi Yi", will be changed to Yixing Yixing, belonging to Changzhou. 1983, Yixing County under the city of Wuxi; January 9, 1988, the State Council formally approved the abolition of Yixing County, the establishment of the county-level Yixing City. Yixing City is an international eco-tourism city in the Yangtze River Delta city cluster, an emerging center city of the Ning-Hangzhou eco-economic belt, a regional center city at the junction of Suzhou, Zhejiang and Anhui, and the south wing engine of the Wuxi Taihu Lake Bay Science and Technology Innovation Belt.
In 2022, Yixing City realizes a gross regional product of 223.672 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2% over 2021 at comparable prices.