Xiaoyi City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, administered by Lvliang City, is located in the western part of the hinterland of Shanxi Province, at the eastern foot of the middle section of the Lvliang Mountain Range, at the southwestern edge of the Taiyuan Basin, spanning the longitude of 111 ° 21 ′ ~ 111 ′ 56 ′, latitude of 36 ° 56 ′ 30 ″ ~ 37 ° 18 ′ 45 ″, the north and the Fenyang City adjacent to the northwest of the Zhongyang County, the west and the Jiaojiakou County, the south and the Lingshi County is connected to the south, and southeast of the city of jiexiu Fen River, the city territory of 945 square kilometers. With a total area of 945.8 square kilometers, the city has a temperate monsoon climate with cold winters, hot summers and four distinct seasons. As of the end of 2022, the city has 4 streets, 8 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, and as of the end of 2021, the city had a resident population of 479,074.
In the thirteenth year of King Ding of the Zhou Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period (594 years ago), the State of Jin set up Guayan County; in the first year of the Tang Zhenguan Period (627 years ago), Zheng Xing, a member of the county, "cut off his stock to serve his mother", and his filial piety was known to the imperial court, and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty granted the change of Yong'an County to Xiaoyi County; the county was abolished to set up a city in 1992. Xiaoyi is the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art, the hometown of Chinese shadow puppet art, and has been rated as a national civilized city, a national garden city, and a national health city.
In 2023, the gross regional product of Xiaoyi City will complete 47.23 billion yuan, the total financial revenue will complete 9.413 billion yuan, the general public budget revenue will complete 4.564 billion yuan, the per capita disposable income of urban residents will be 43,885 yuan, and the per capita disposable income of rural residents will be 24,399 yuan.