Yunyang County is located in the center of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, an important node of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The County covers an area of 3,649 square kilometers, with a population of 1.37 million. Its migrant population and submerged physical indicators of the Three Gorges Project rank first among the counties in the reservoir area.
Yunyang's beauty lies in its history and culture. As early as the Neolithic Age, ancestors have thrived here already. Back in the Qin Dynasty, Yunyang County established and then developed a history of more than 2,300 years.
Yunyang's beauty also lies in its ecology. The county's forest coverage rate is 52%. Yangtze River crosses 68 kilometers over here. It has one 5A-class tourist attraction and two 4A-class tourist attractions.
Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway and Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway under construction run across the county frontier from west to east, and 10,000-ton ships can reach the river and the sea smoothly. It is awarded as the "National Civilized County", "National Garden County", "China's Excellent Tourist City", "National Peaceful Construction of Advanced County" and "China's Happiest City".
Yunyang has the reputation of "thousands of miles of Yangtze River breeds natural Yunyang". It not only summarizes the natural temperament of Yunyang county but also contains the feelings of Yunyang people in pursuit of high-quality development and high-quality life.