Xingan County is located in central Jiangxi Province and serves as the “northern gateway” to Ji’an City. The county comprises 7 towns, 6 townships, one subdistrict, and one state-owned forest farm, as well as 134 administrative villages and 26 neighborhood committees. With a total area of 1,248 square kilometers and a population of 350,000, it has long been known as the “Granary, Land of Oranges, Sea of Forests,Salt Fields, and Town of Medicinal Herbs.”

Xingan is a millennium-old county with a long history and rich cultural heritage. Established in 221 BC, it is one of the eighteen ancient counties of Jiangxi.The Shang Dynasty tomb site excavated in Dayangzhou Town in 1989 was listed as one of the “Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries of the Century,” rewriting the history of civilization in southern China; as a result, Xinggan has been hailed as the “Bronze Kingdom of the Middle Yangtze.”The county also preserves more than 30 famous historical sites, including the Niutou City Ruins, the Warring States-era Granary, Yue Fei’s Command Platform, and Huizheng Bridge—which was named and inscribed by Su Shi.

Xingan is a land of outstanding people and unique cultural heritage. Throughout history, it has produced a succession of renowned figures, including Lady Zhan of the Tao family from the Jin Dynasty—one of the “Four Great Virtuous Mothers”—He Changyan, the top imperial examination scholar of Jizhou during the Song Dynasty; Jin Youzi, a chancellor of the Ming Dynasty; and Wang Yan of the Qing Dynasty, known as “the most incorruptible official under heaven.”Veteran proletarian revolutionaries such as Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai, and Zeng Shan once left their marks here through their revolutionary struggles.Xingan is also the hometown of Xiao Jufang, the wife of Comrade Zhu De, and the ancestral home of Comrade Xi Zhongxun. With a rich cultural heritage, Zhang Henshui, a modern writer of the “Wanyue” school, lived in Sanhu Town during his youth and drew upon his experiences there to write *Northward-Flying Geese*.Xinggan has also given rise to intangible cultural heritage traditions such as paper-cutting, the bamboo horse dance, the Lotus Flower Ballad, and “Leicha” (pounded tea), as well as its agricultural culture; it is recognized as a National Advanced County for Culture and the “Hometown of Paper-Cutting.”

Xinggan is a livable and prosperous land with convenient transportation and an excellent ecological environment. The Beijing–Kowloon Railway, the Changji-Gan High-Speed Railway, the Dongchang Expressway, National Highway 105, and the Gan River all traverse the county, forming a “one-hour economic circle” within the province and a “four-hour economic circle” with major cities in the “Changzhou-Zhuhai-Fujian” region.The ecological environment is excellent, with a forest coverage rate of 57.07%. Water quality at major river cross-sections and in centralized urban drinking water sources meets standards 100% of the time.air quality is excellent, and the city is home to the national 4A-level scenic area of Haimuyuan and seven national 3A-level tourist attractions. It has been honored with titles such as “National Civilized City,” “National Hygienic County,” “National Garden County,” and the “Chang’an Cup” for comprehensive social governance.

Xinggan is a vibrant new city with distinctive characteristics and vigorous development. It has established an industrial structure led by salt brine and pharmaceutical chemicals, with luggage and leather goods, and smart manufacturing as key sectors.The salt brine, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals, as well as luggage and leather goods, have been designated as provincial-level key industrial clusters. Among these, the Salt Chemical Industrial Park is one of the eight major provincial-level chemical industrial parks, and “Xingan Luggage” has been selected as one of the top ten most popular regional consumer brands in Jiangxi, with products exported to more than 50 countries and regions worldwide.The county currently has three National Geographical Indication Protected Products: Shangzhou Zhiqiao, Sanhu Red Tangerines, and Yihe Gong Rice. Jinggang Honey Tangerines are renowned as the “three-good” tangerines—beautiful, easy to peel, and delicious.The county maintains 116 agricultural products certified under the “Three Products and One Standard” program and has been recognized as a National Agricultural Product Quality and Safety County, a Leading County in China for Rice Processing, a National Commercial Grain Base County, and a National Leading County in the Food Industry. From 2017 to 2022, it was consecutively named a Provincial Advanced County for High-Quality Development for six years and received the highest rating in the city’s 2024 comprehensive performance evaluation.