Shihezi City, county-level city under the jurisdiction of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and the Eighth Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps to implement the division and city management system, managed by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Located in the middle of the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains and the southern part of the Junggar Basin, the terrain is flat, tilting from southeast to northwest, with a typical temperate continental climate, with a total area of 460 square kilometers, and 150 kilometers east of the autonomous region's capital, Urumqi. As of the end of 2022, Shihezi City has a total population of 568,100 people. In April 1975, Shihezi District and Shihezi City were established. Shihezi City used to be the location of the headquarters of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, which was later moved to Urumqi. The reclamation area is south of Tianshan Mountain, and the mountainous and hilly areas are distributed with vast grasslands, which are rich in water and grass, and are good pastures.In June 2017, Shihezi City was named a national health city. In the same year, Shihezi City was reviewed and confirmed to continue to retain the honorary title of national civilized city.In November 2018, it was selected as one of the top 100 Chinese cities in the overall well-being index of the 2018 National "Hundred Counties of Happiness List".On August 13, 2019, it was selected as a pilot city for the construction of the national urban medical consortium.In October 2020, it was named the national model city of double-protection. rated as a national model city (county) for double embrace. In 2022, Shihezi City realized a GDP of 47.628 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3% over the previous year.