Yichun, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province, anciently known as Yuanzhou, is located in the northwest of Jiangxi Province. It is an important member of the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the regional center city of Gan, Xiang and Ezhou, the national lithium-ion new energy industry base, and the national health and wellness base.In 2023, it was rated as a third-tier city. It has a total area of 18,700 square kilometers; the municipal government is located in Yuanzhou District, with jurisdiction over 10 urban districts in Yuanzhou, Zhangshu, Fengcheng, Jing'an, Fengxin, Ga'an, Shanggao, Yifeng, Tonggu, and Wanzai counties, and three functional characteristic zones in Yichun Economic and Technological Development Zone, Yiyang New District, and Mingyue Mountain Hot Springs Scenic and Historic Spot. By the end of 2022, Yichun had a resident population of 4,969,700.
Yichun City is named after the spring on the side of the city, which is as beautiful as spring and pleasant to drink. It was founded as a county in the sixth year of Han Gaozu (201 years ago), and was established as a city in August 2000, and has been known as "the beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River and the state of cultural relics and prosperity". Remaining historical and cultural sites 4503, Zhangshu Wucheng cultural sites break the assertion that the business culture is not the Yangtze River, the early Tang Dynasty four Wang Bo "Tengwangge Preface" in the "things of heaven and earth," its people, their things, their things canonical out of Yichun; the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu wrote "Yichun is far away, the river and mountains are more than winning tour! Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty wrote the poem "Yichun is far away, and the rivers and mountains are more beautiful to visit". Song Yingxing, author of the Ming Dynasty's "Heavenly Works", modern physicist Wu Youxun, and two-time Olympic champion Yang Wenjun are all representatives of Yichun. There are many attractions in the city, including the Mingyue Mountain Hot Springs Scenic Spot, Sanjulun and others.
Yichun is the site of the Fifth Peasant Games of the People's Republic of China in 2004, the CCTV Mid-Autumn Gala in 2009, and the annual Moon Cultural Festival, and enjoys the titles of "Moon Capital" and "Lithium Capital of Asia", and has been awarded the titles of China's livable city, China's excellent tourist city, China's greening city, China's excellent tourist city, and China's greening city. Yichun has been honored as China's livable city, China's excellent tourist city, national greening model city, national forest city and so on. Yichun has convenient transportation, with 6 railroads, 10 highways, highways in all counties, and Yichun Mingyue Mountain Airport with flights to 18 cities.
In 2023, Yichun's gross domestic product (GDP) was 346.75 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.7% at comparable prices.