Guangyuan City, the ancient name of Lizhou, Sichuan Province, prefecture-level city, the north and Gansu Province, Shaanxi Province border; South and Nanchong City as neighbors; West and Mianyang City connected; East and Bazhong City border; in the northern edge of Sichuan, the mountains to the basin of the transition zone, belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate, is the upper reaches of the Jialing River important ecological barrier for the Sichuan-Shaanxi-Ganzhou combination of the regional center of the city, the top ten livable cities in China, the National Tourism Standardization Demonstration City The city is one of the top ten cities in China for recreation. The city has a total area of 16,319 square kilometers, with three districts and four counties under its jurisdiction. By the end of 2022, Guangyuan had a resident population of 2.271 million.
Guangyuan is known as the "Gateway to North Sichuan and the Throat of Shu Road". With a long history and rich culture, it is one of the important birthplaces of Ba Shu civilization, which created the Neutronic Fine Stoneware Culture more than 7000 years ago, and has a history of more than 2,300 years of city construction. It is the centralized display place of pre-Qin Ancient Trestle Culture and Shu Road Culture, the core corridor of Three Kingdoms' history and culture, and the birth place of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in the history of China. Unique location, convenient transportation, for the national comprehensive transportation hub construction city, there are three highways, four railroads in the territory of the intersection. The city has built 47 national A-level tourist attractions, including 1 national 5A-level tourist attractions and 21 4A-level tourist attractions in Jianmen Shudao Jianmen Pass; Jianmen Shudao is included in the World Natural and Cultural Heritage reserve list. It is the core area of the former Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Union, the seat of the late capital and the starting point of the Long March of the Red Army on the Fourth Front.
In 2023, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Guangyuan City amounted to 117.982 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 21.513 billion yuan, up 3.8% from the previous year; the added value of the secondary industry was 43.746 billion yuan, up 7.2%; and the added value of the tertiary industry was 52.723 billion yuan, up 6.4%.