Anji County, belonging to Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta, northwest of Zhejiang Province, neighboring Changxing County, Wuxing District of Huzhou City, Deqing County, Yuhang District of Hangzhou City, Lin'an District and Ningguo City and Guangde City of Anhui Province. The terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, surrounded by mountains on three sides. Subtropical maritime monsoon climate; total area of 1886 square kilometers. Jurisdiction of 4 streets, 8 towns, 3 townships. According to the seventh census data, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Anji County was 586,409,000 people.
Anji County was founded in the second year of Zhongping of the Han Dynasty (185), named after the meaning of "An and Ji Ruoxi" in the Book of Songs, and was an important activity place of the ancient Yue State and the seat of the county seat of the ancient Place County, which was one of the thirty-six counties of the Qin Dynasty. In 2005, Xi Jinping put forward the scientific assertion that "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains" in Anji, which is the origin of the concept of "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains". Anji is the birthplace of the concept of "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains". Anji County is one of the first pilot areas of Zhejiang High Quality Development and Construction of Common Wealth Demonstration Zone, and is a national all-area tourism demonstration area, one of the top 100 counties with national investment potential, a pilot unit for the construction of the national rural governance system, a national demonstration base for the new industrialization industry, and one of the top 100 counties of China's summer leisure.
In 2022, the annual GDP of Anji County was 58.237 billion yuan, up 0.9% year-on-year.