Yuanzhou District, under the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Guyuan City, is located in the south of Ningxia, the northeastern foothills of the Liupan Mountains, the Loess Plateau in the central and western part of the city, between the longitude of 105 ° 28 ′ - 106 ° 30 ′, latitude of 35 ° 34 ′ - 36 ° 38 ′ between. East of Pengyang County, south of Jingyuan County, west of Xiji County, north of Haiyuan County, Tongxin County, northeast and southwest of Gansu Huanxian, Lund County, respectively, adjacent to the border, is the seat of Guyuan Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government. Total area of 2,739 square kilometers, jurisdiction over 3 streets, 7 towns, 4 townships. 2021, Yuanzhou District resident population of 474,000 people.
Yuanzhou District, the average altitude of 1750 meters, the average annual rainfall of 300 ~ 550 mm, is a warm temperate semi-arid climate. It is the first "high-efficiency water-saving irrigation demonstration county" in Ningxia, an important green agricultural products and beef and mutton production base in China, and enjoys the reputation of "the hometown of China's cold vegetables" and "the hometown of China's potato seed potatoes. "In March 2020, Yuanzhou District withdrew from the sequence of poverty-stricken counties.
In 2021, Yuanzhou District gross regional product of 15.871 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7%. Among them, the added value of primary industry is 1.961 billion yuan, the added value of secondary industry is 2.995 billion yuan; the added value of tertiary industry is 10.915 billion yuan, and the structural ratio of three industries is 12.4:18.9:68.7.