Guangling District, belonging to Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is the main city of Yangzhou City, located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal intersection, between the longitude of 119 ° 26 ′ East, latitude 32 ° 24 ′ North. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle, with an area of 265.36 square kilometers and under the jurisdiction of 5 streets and 6 townships. According to the seventh census data, as of zero hour on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Guangling District was 542,305 people.
Guangling, the first name of the ancient city of Yangzhou, is historically known as Yangzhou. The Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's song "Send Meng Haoran to Guangling" made Guangling famous throughout the world. 5.09 square kilometers of the ancient city of Guangling, there are more than 500 historical buildings, 148 various types of cultural relics protection units, concentrated in Yangzhou's most precious treasures. Guangling District is the center of the famous city of Yangzhou. The Old Canal, Grand Canal and Liaojiagou run through the north and south, and the three rivers have become "Chuan", which naturally divides Guangling into three major plates, and the word "state" of Yangzhou looks like a heavenly creation.
In 2021, the gross regional product of Guangling District will be 76.584 billion yuan, with a growth of 7.0% at comparable price. Among them: the primary industry added value of 909 million yuan, the secondary industry added value of 27.755 billion yuan; tertiary industry added value of 47.920 billion yuan, the composition of the three industries from the previous year's 1.3:35.2:63.5 adjusted to 1.2:36.2:62.6.