Xiji County, belonging to Guyuan City of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is located in the south of Ningxia, at the western foot of Liupan Mountains. It lies between 105°20'-106°04' east longitude and 35°35'-36°14' north latitude. It is 67 kilometers long from east to west and 74 kilometers wide from north to south, 63 kilometers from Guyuan City in the east and 391 kilometers from Yinchuan City in Ningxia in the north, with a total area of 3,130 square kilometers. As of November 2020, Xiji County has 4 towns and 15 townships under its jurisdiction, with a resident population of 315,827 according to the seventh national census, and the county government is located in Jiqiang Town.
Xiji County was established on October 10, 1942, and is the most populous county in Ningxia, a county inhabited by ethnic minorities, and a key county for poverty alleviation and development in the country and autonomous regions. Xiji County is also a red revolutionary mecca, Mao Zedong stayed at night in Shanjiaji, the Red Army's victory in the Long March will be the Fortress, in 1996, Comrade Jiang Zemin for the "Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army Long March will be the Fortress Monument," the autograph inscription. Within the territory of the national 4A level tourist attractions "Firestone Village Danxia Landscape Scenic Area", the national earthquake weir site Dangjiaqiao shock lake. It is China's first "Hometown of Literature" and the first county of Chinese ancient coin collection.
In 2021, Xiji County will realize a GDP of 8.069 billion yuan, with an added value of 2.074 billion yuan in the primary industry, 1.131 billion yuan in the secondary industry and 4.864 billion yuan in the tertiary industry. Calculated according to the resident population, the per capita GDP was 25,453 yuan, an increase of 4.0% over the previous year.