Meishan City, also known as Meizhou and Qitong, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, located in the southwestern part of the Chengdu Plain, with the overall terrain high in the west and low in the east, and high in the south and low in the north, belonging to the subtropical humid monsoon climate zone, and covering a total area of 7,140 square kilometers. As of October 2022, the city has 2 districts and 4 counties under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, the resident population of Meishan City was 2.961 million.
In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), Meizhou was abolished to restore Meishan County. Meishan City is the hometown of Su Dongpo, a great writer, is an important part of the national Tianfu New Area, known as the "City of a thousand poems and books," "the first state of humanities," reputation; heavy culture, the Song Dynasty was one of China's three major engraved printing centers, the Tang and Song Dynasty prose eight, Meishan Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe occupy three seats. During the Song Dynasty, Meishan had 886 scholars, known as "eight hundred scholars". Meishan is a national garden city and national forest city. It has "the most beautiful table mountain in the world" Waya Mountain, "longevity blessing" Pengzu Mountain, "the first sea in western Sichuan" Heilongtan, "half of Emei" Qiliping and other attractions. "Qiliping" and other attractions, was named the preferred tourist destination in the Asia-Pacific region (second- and third-tier cities), China's most beautiful ecological and cultural tourism city; superior location, the main urban area is only 60 km from Chengdu, and the distance from the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport are both 50 km, the Chengmei inter-bus transit operation, the number of trains up to 80 trains / day. 2022, May It is included in the planning scope of Ba Shu Cultural Tourism Corridor.
In 2022, the gross regional product of Meishan City will be 163.551 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8%.