Xinyi City, referred to as "new", Xuzhou City, Xuzhou City, the county-level city, the ancient name of Zhongwu, Siwu, Xin'an, is located in the southern end of the North China Plain, the northern part of Jiangsu Province, the junction of Suzhou and Lu Province, the north of Shandong Tancheng County, south of the Xinyi River, Lake Luoma, and Suqian City, the west and the city of Pizhou, east and the east of the sea, Shuyang County, adjacent to the "northern gate", the center of the East Longhai industrial zone. "northern gate" and the center city of the East Longhai industrial belt. As of the end of 2021, Xinyi had a total area of 1,616 square kilometers, with 13 towns and 5 streets under its jurisdiction.At the end of 2022, the household population was 1,096,800.
There were traces of human activities in Xinyi during the Stone Age 10,000 years ago, and more than 5,000 years ago, the ancient culture of Huatang originated here, which was an important area for the exchange and fusion of the Dawenkou culture in the north and the Liangzhu culture in the south. In 1949, Xin'an County was established by merging parts of Tongyang County and Subei County, and in 1952, Xinyi County was renamed after the newly opened Xinyi River in its territory, and in February 1990, it was abolished and established as a city. Xinyi is an intermediate node city of the East Longhai Town Axis, an important transportation hub in northern Jiangsu, and an emerging industrial, trade and tourism city.
In March 2019, Xinyi City was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization piece area county list. It has been awarded the titles of National Civilized City (Nominated City), National Sanitary City, National Garden City, National Model City of Double Embracing, and China's Top 100 Industrial Counties and Cities.
In 2022, Xinyi City will realize a regional GDP of 82.634 billion yuan, a 4.7% increase from 2021 at comparable prices.