Where is Yichang City, Hubei Province located?

Yichang City, Hubei Province

Three Gorges Dam Tourist Area

Guanling

Three Gorges Dam Tourist Area

Yuquan Temple

Qu Yuan’s Hometown Cultural Tourism Area

Yichang City has jurisdiction over 5 urban areas: Xiling, Wujiagang, Dianjun, _ting, and Yiling, as well as Yuanan, Xingshan, Zigui, and Changyang , Wufeng 5 counties, Yidu, Zhijiang, Dangyang 3 county-level cities. The city's jurisdiction covers an area of ??21,084 square kilometers. At the end of the year, the actual cultivated land area was 320.66 thousand hectares, an increase of 2.47 thousand hectares over the previous year. At the end of the year, the city's permanent population was 4.0983 million, and the registered population was 4.008 million. The number of births in the year was 31,700, with a birth rate of 7.56‰; the number of deaths was 25,600, with a mortality rate of 6.4‰; the natural growth rate was 1.16‰. The city's GDP for the whole year was 281.807 billion yuan, an increase of 11.5% over the previous year based on comparable prices. In terms of industries, the added value of the primary industry was 33.595 billion yuan, an increase of 4.8%; the added value of the secondary industry was 169.377 billion yuan, an increase of 12.6%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 78.835 billion yuan, an increase of 11.6%. The proportion of the added value of the three industries in the city's GDP is 11.92:60.1:27.97. Calculated based on the permanent population, the per capita regional GDP was 68,846 yuan, an increase of 11.1%. The total local fiscal revenue for the whole year was 32.082 billion yuan, an increase of 23.6% over the previous year. The public budget revenue was 20.631 billion yuan, an increase of 34.6%; the public budget expenditure was 36.085 billion yuan, an increase of 22.1%. Among them, education, culture, sports and media, social security and employment, medical and health, agriculture, forestry and water affairs increased by 6.9%, 36.1%, 15.5%, 29.8% and 11.5% respectively. The county economy has developed rapidly. Yidu, Yiling, Dangyang, and Zhijiang have entered the top ten counties in the province; 17 towns have entered the top 100 towns in the province, among which Lucheng Subdistrict Office and Zhangcunping Town have entered the top ten in the province. .

The city’s total output value from agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery throughout the year was 55.563 billion yuan, an increase of 10.5% over the previous year; the agricultural added value was 33.595 billion yuan (current price), an increase of 4.8%. The annual grain output was 1.6453 million tons, an increase of 2.6%; the cotton output was 32,600 tons, a decrease of 6.3%; the oilseed output was 239,200 tons, an increase of 5%; the tea output was 56,000 tons, an increase of 6.5%; the aquatic product output was 188,400 tons, an increase 5.2%; fruit production was 2.832 million tons, an increase of 5.1%, of which citrus production was 2.7589 million tons, an increase of 4.9%; vegetable production was 3.8421 million tons, an increase of 5%; total meat production was 615,200 tons, an increase of 4.5%; pig production was 6.2119 million head, an increase of 3.1%; 56,000 beef cattle were slaughtered, an increase of 6.5%; 1.4753 million mutton sheep were slaughtered, an increase of 6.5%. The six characteristic agricultural industries of animal husbandry, aquatic products, fruits, vegetables, tea, and edible oil achieved an output value of 45.975 billion yuan. There are 404 agricultural product processing enterprises above designated size in the city, an increase of 63 year-on-year. There were 16 new leading agricultural industrialization enterprises at or above the provincial level. The output value of agricultural product processing was 136.91 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 39.8%. Throughout the year, 16,600 hectares of trees were planted, 57,000 hectares of forest were tended, 14,300 hectares of farmland were converted into forests, and 37,300 hectares of low-yield forests were transformed. At the end of the year, the city's forestry land area was 1.5405 million hectares, and the forest coverage rate was 65.7%. There are 10 forest parks in the city, including 5 at the national level; 52 nature reserves (communities) of various types, including 1 at the national level. There are 4,056 farmers' professional cooperatives. There are 928 family farms. 43 high-yield demonstration plots for grain, cotton and oil, 100,000 acres of citrus standard gardens, and 50,000 acres of tea standard gardens were built. 840 new livestock and poultry standardized breeding farms and 36 large-scale breeding farms were built. The comprehensive level of agricultural mechanization operations reached 61%. The area of ??contracted cultivated land transferred by rural households reaches 640,000 acres. Completed risk removal and reinforcement of 97 small reservoirs. 1,882 kilometers of terminal canal systems were newly built or renovated. The drinking water safety problem of 132,000 people was newly solved. 37,000 new rural households were provided with clean energy projects.

There were 1,224 large-scale industrial enterprises in the city throughout the year, and 223 new large-scale industrial enterprises were added, a net increase of 214 compared with the end of 2012. Throughout the year, the city's total industrial output value was 453.049 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2% over the previous year; the added value of industries above designated size was 140.584 billion yuan, an increase of 13.7%. The output value of the mining industry for the whole year was 23.328 billion yuan, an increase of 28.7%; the output value of the manufacturing industry was 104.409 billion yuan, an increase of 16.8%; the output value of the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industry was 28.612 billion yuan, a decrease of 9.8%. The annual main business income of industrial enterprises above designated size was 439.993 billion yuan, an increase of 14.9%; profits and taxes were 57.817 billion yuan, an increase of 22.9%; and profits were 39.694 billion yuan, an increase of 29.9%.

Output of main industrial products: 2.5661 million tons of raw coal, a decrease of 21.3%; 25.522 million tons of phosphate rock (converted to -30%), an increase of 19.1%; 326,864 kiloliters of liquor (converted to 65%, commodity volume), a decrease of 19.7%; soft drinks 1.4107 million tons, an increase of 16.9%; refined tea 222,000 tons, an increase of 24.9%; yarn 248,200 tons, an increase of 15.6%; artificial panels 1,612,900 cubic meters, an increase of 43.1%; caustic soda (100% discount) 594,100 tons, an increase of 47.3% %; feed 1.2597 million tons, an increase of 49.8%; power generation 107.293 billion kilowatt hours, a decrease of 13.5%; polyvinyl chloride resin 491,500 tons, an increase of 23.5%; phosphate fertilizer (-100%) 1.4787 million tons, an increase of 10.3%; chemistry Fiber 19,700 tons, an increase of 20.5%; power cables 428,451 kilometers, an increase of 23.5%; ceramic bricks 99,030,500 square meters, an increase of 11.7%; pentaerythritol 59,000 tons, a decrease of 1.6%; active dry yeast 24,700 tons, a decrease of 3.9% ; Dimethyl sulfoxide 28,100 tons, an increase of 46.8%; diamond saw blade substrates 4,121,900 pieces, an increase of 21.4%; pianos 40,800 units, an increase of 6%; remifentanil hydrochloride 6,878,400 bottles, a decrease of 23.8%. The added value of the city's construction industry was 14.308 billion yuan, an increase of 1.698 billion yuan over the previous year, and an increase of 4.8% based on comparable prices. The added value of high-tech industries throughout the year was 34.502 billion yuan, an increase of 30.63%. Yichang City was selected as a national strategic emerging industry cluster development pilot city and became the country's only new materials industry development demonstration city; it was included in the national old industrial base adjustment and transformation plan. Yichang High-tech Zone has entered the ranks of national innovative characteristic parks. Three companies were shortlisted for the top 500 private enterprises in China. Xingfa Group won the "Yangtze River Quality Award Nomination Award". There are 30 well-known trademarks in China.

The whole society completed fixed asset investment of 210.696 billion yuan throughout the year, an increase of 30% over the previous year. Among them, the investment in urban projects above 5 million yuan was 136.29 billion yuan, an increase of 25.1%; the investment in rural projects above 5 million yuan was 45.783 billion yuan, an increase of 53.4%. Looking at different industries, the primary industry completed an investment of 13.00 billion yuan, an increase of 15.5%; the secondary industry The investment completed was 101.936 billion yuan, an increase of 28.2%; the tertiary industry completed an investment of 95.756 billion yuan, an increase of 34.3%. There were 86 projects with a planned investment of over 100 million yuan in the city, an increase of 287; the actual investment completed throughout the year was 132.44 billion yuan. , an increase of 44%. Among them, there were 528 newly started projects worth more than 100 million yuan, an increase of 15. Throughout the year, we strived for 1,283 investment projects within the central and provincial budgets, with free funds of 2.65 billion yuan. Strive for 1.06 billion yuan in subsidy funds for follow-up work on the Three Gorges Project. Implemented the Three Gorges counterpart support fund of 9.62 billion yuan. There are 2,500 construction projects in the city, an increase of 10%. There are more than 900 projects under construction with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, an increase of 40.6%. 60 provincial key projects have been started, with an investment of 34 billion yuan; there are 116 municipal key projects, with an investment of 46.8 billion yuan. 25 key municipal projects such as Sanning Chemical Industry, CSG Display China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation high-end hydraulic cylinders, and Yunchi Port Phase II Three Gorges Logistics Park were completed and put into operation or equipment commissioning began; Renfu Pharmaceutical Export Drug Base, Three Gorges Cloud Computing Center, and Bao The construction of a number of projects such as the Yi Expressway has been accelerated; the preliminary work of a number of projects such as the Wujiagang Yangtze River Bridge, the Baiyang Yangtze River Bridge and the old city renovation in the Huancheng South Road area has been solidly advanced. Major investment promotion activities were held in Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangdong, Shanghai and Han, and 687 projects were introduced with a total agreed investment of 483.1 billion yuan. It has successively introduced a number of strategic cooperation projects such as GAC Motors, CSG Display Devices and Optoelectronic Glass, Guanke Electronics, etc. The total investment in key investment projects under construction in the city is 30.3 billion yuan; 35 new investment projects of more than 100 million yuan have been started, and 93 billion in external funds have been actually received Yuan. Yichang City was rated as "China's Most Attractive City for Investment in 2013". Yichang City Master Plan and Yichang New District Construction Master Plan were approved by the provincial government. The first urban color plan has been compiled. Establish the Yichang New Area Promotion Office, the Three Gorges Hub Port Area Management Committee, and the Three Gorges Tourism New Area Management Committee to establish an efficient decision-making mechanism. Improve the management system of Yichang High-tech Zone, expand Baiyang Industrial Park and Bio-Industrial Park, and build a new electronic information industrial park. There were 113 renewed and new projects in Yichang New District throughout the year, with a total investment of 20.3 billion yuan. Promote urban consolidation, greening, beautification and lighting projects, and initially build ecological corridors along the river and Chengdong Avenue. The comprehensive urban management evaluation has ranked among the top in the province for three consecutive years, and the digital urban management information system has been completed and passed provincial acceptance. The process of new urbanization has accelerated, new breakthroughs have been achieved in the urban construction of Yidu, Zhijiang, and Dangyang, and the risk-avoidance relocation of Wufeng County is progressing smoothly. The construction of key central towns, characteristic towns and livable villages was accelerated, with an investment of more than 2.4 billion yuan. Longquan and Anfu Temple have entered the ranks of the province’s “Four Modernizations Synchronization” demonstration pilot towns. Two new provincial-level ecological towns and six ecological villages were added. 127 administrative villages were included in the province's "Thousand Villages Environmental Improvement" pilot project. Throughout the year, 1,432 construction projects were started, with a construction area of ??21.7542 million square meters and a total investment of 36.923 billion yuan. The annual real estate development investment was 20.318 billion yuan, an increase of 15.1%.

The city's housing construction area was 18.2721 million square meters, an increase of 26%; of which commercial residential buildings were 13.1604 million square meters, an increase of 26.2%. The completed housing area was 2.0828 million square meters, a decrease of 0.3%; of which commercial residential buildings were 1.6786 million square meters, an increase of 5.4%. The sales area of ??commercial housing in the city (including existing houses and future houses) was 4.6013 million square meters, an increase of 40%, of which commercial residential buildings were 4.0654 million square meters, an increase of 44.8%. The sales volume of commercial housing was 21.683 billion yuan, an increase of 34.7%, of which commercial housing sales were 17.063 billion yuan, an increase of 49.9%. The vacant area of ??commercial housing was 1.2315 million square meters, an increase of 111.5%; of which 753,000 square meters of commercial residential buildings were vacant, an increase of 156.7%.

The city’s total retail sales of consumer goods for the whole year was 86.003 billion yuan, an increase of 14.9% over the previous year. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban markets was 73.826 billion yuan, an increase of 15.1%; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural markets was 12.178 billion yuan, an increase of 13.8%. The retail sales of the wholesale and retail industries were 72.716 billion yuan, an increase of 16.6%; the retail sales of the accommodation and catering industry were 13.288 billion yuan, an increase of 14.9%. There were 740 new commercial circulation enterprises above designated size throughout the year. The coverage rates of township business centers and village-level farm stores are 91.67% and 83.58% respectively. 217 new village-level comprehensive service cooperatives were built. The total number of market entities increased by 1.36 times, of which private enterprises increased by 1.87 times. Yichang City’s national e-commerce demonstration city creation plan passed the national review. The city's consumer price rose by 3%. Retail prices of goods increased by 2%. Fixed asset investment prices rose 0.4%. The industrial producer price index remained unchanged from the previous year, and the price of agricultural production materials increased by 0.9%. The total foreign trade import and export volume for the whole year was US$2.35 billion, an increase of 7.4%. Its export volume was US$2.017 billion, an increase of 21.3%; its import volume was US$333 million, a decrease of 36.6%. The total exports of products from the four major export bases of mechanical and electrical and equipment manufacturing base, chemical product base, pharmaceutical base and agricultural product base amounted to US$1.593 billion, accounting for 79% of the city’s total exports. There were 18 newly approved foreign-invested enterprises throughout the year, 7 more than the previous year, with an additional contracted foreign investment of US$250 million. The actual amount of foreign direct investment used in the city was US$270 million, an increase of 18%. At the end of the year, there were 198 foreign-invested enterprises in the city, with a total investment of US$3.955 billion and contracted foreign investment of US$1.1 billion. The city’s foreign economic cooperation business achieved a turnover of US$2.56 billion, an increase of 17.9%. At the end of the year, the number of foreign workers was 6,871, an increase of 11.2%. At the end of the year, the balance of domestic and foreign currency deposits in financial institutions was 238.191 billion yuan, and the loan balance was 174.906 billion yuan, an increase of 36.726 billion yuan and 28.921 billion yuan respectively from the beginning of the year. The insurance company's premium income for the year was 5.31 billion yuan, an increase of 14.9%; various compensation payments were 1.49 billion yuan, an increase of 50.5%. Capital market construction was steadily promoted, with four companies entering the provincial filing guidance period, Yichang local companies issued bonds worth 3.36 billion yuan, and 13 companies were listed on the Wuhan Equity Custody Trading Center. Hubei Huazhong Cultural Equity Exchange Yichang Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Optics Valley United Equity Exchange Yichang Branch were established. 30 new banks, insurance companies, small loan companies and other institutions were added. Standardize the construction of seven municipal-level state-owned investment and financing companies, raising 15 billion yuan that year. Investment in transportation construction totaled 10.2 billion yuan throughout the year. The Yiba Expressway has been basically completed, the roadbed of Baoyi Expressway has been fully connected, and the construction of Yizhang and Yiyue Expressways has accelerated. The Xiaoya first-class highway was completed and opened to traffic; the construction of nine first-class highways including the Zhijiang section of the 318 National Highway, Dangzhi, and Three Gorges Airport Road was accelerated. The construction of the Miaozui Yangtze River Bridge is progressing smoothly. The modern logistics industry completed an output value of 71.7 billion yuan, an increase of 19.5%. The second phase of the Yunchi Port project and the Three Gorges Logistics Park Agricultural Trade City were completed and put into operation, and the construction of the Three Gorges Dam Logistics Industrial Park and other parks was accelerated. Yichang City is listed as a national second-level logistics park layout city. The annual added value of the transportation, warehousing and postal industries was 17.599 billion yuan, an increase of 9.2%. The cargo turnover volume completed by road and water transport throughout the year was 36.841 billion ton-kilometers, an increase of 22.8%; the passenger turnover volume was 8.166 billion person-kilometers, an increase of 16%. At the end of the year, the number of private cars nationwide was 320,800, an increase of 21.5%, of which 269,100 private cars were owned, an increase of 24.8%. The postal and telecommunications business revenue for the whole year was 3.078 billion yuan, an increase of 9.6%. Among them, postal business income was 255 million yuan, an increase of 8.5%; telecommunications business income was 2.822 billion yuan, an increase of 9.7%. At the end of the year, there were 651,700 fixed-line phone users in the city; 3.9728 million mobile phone users, an increase of 645,800. The number of households using the Internet was 636,500, an increase of 111,900 households. The number of domestic and foreign tourists received throughout the year was 33.2037 million, an increase of 25.8%. The number of inbound international tourists was 343,400, an increase of 4.4%. Foreign exchange income from international tourism was US$82.731 million, an increase of 17.3%. The number of domestic tourists was 32.8603 million, an increase of 26.1%; domestic tourism revenue was 25.5 billion yuan, an increase of 30.2%. The city's total tourism revenue was 26.012 billion yuan, an increase of 29.8%. Throughout the year, 3 4A-level scenic spots, 4 3A-level scenic spots, 1 national mining geological park were added, and 6 famous tourist villages in Hubei were created.

20 key scientific and technological achievements were registered throughout the year. There were 63 new national-level high-tech enterprises, bringing the city's total to 177; 26 new provincial and municipal engineering technology centers, bringing the city's total to 100; and the city's provincial and municipal key laboratories reaching 41. The newly added incubator and accelerator area is 255,000 square meters. New experts from the national “Thousand Talents Plan” and the provincial “Hundred Talents Plan” were introduced, 15 new academician expert workstations were established, and 17 new experts at or above the provincial level were added. Yichang City has been rated as the "National Advanced City for Scientific and Technological Progress" for seven consecutive years, and has successfully entered the ranks of national innovative pilot cities and national demonstration cities for creating quality cities. The number of patent applications in the city was 6,452; the number of patent authorizations was 2,907, including 243 invention patents. 44 public kindergartens were built, renovated and expanded. 9 counties (cities, districts) passed the review and certification of qualified counties (cities, districts) for the balanced development of national compulsory education. Three Gorges Tourism Vocational College settled in. China Three Gorges University has obtained the right to award doctoral degrees. The school building safety project is basically completed. In the field of public education, we took the lead in implementing the agency construction system for investment projects. The poverty alleviation and student aid work has covered the entire school period, with 319,000 students funded and 147 million yuan funded. At the end of the year, there were 385 kindergartens in the city with 81,300 children in kindergarten; 270 ordinary primary schools with 156,300 students in school; 172 ordinary middle schools with 144,700 students in school; 15 secondary vocational education schools with 156,300 students in school. There are 31,900 students in schools; 3 technical schools with 2,478 students; 9 special education schools with 1,269 students; 5 general colleges and universities with 59,800 students. The construction of the new Municipal Museum and the Olympic Sports Center has been launched, the new Municipal Art Museum has been completed and opened, 7 city and county libraries have been selected as national first-class libraries, the radio and television wireless coverage project has been fully launched, and all public cultural service facilities have been implemented Free and open. It has successively held festivals such as the 9th China International Folk Art Festival, the 4th China Three Gorges International Tourism Festival, the 3rd Yichang Yangtze Piano Music Festival, and the 4th Municipal Sports Games. Sending plays to the countryside for 3,338 games. "Tujia Sa Yeerhao" won the "Mountain Flower Award", China's highest folk literature and art award, and three programs including "Five Peaks Bench Dragon" won the National Star Award. There are 7 new items in the provincial intangible cultural heritage list and 5 national cultural relics protection units. The Provincial Social Sciences Popular Education Base was launched in Yichang. There are 194 cultural institutions of various types in the city, including 14 cultural centers, 14 public libraries, and 17 museums; there are 1,503 cultural personnel. The city's public libraries have a total collection of 2.2729 million volumes. At the end of the year, the comprehensive population coverage rate of broadcasting was 99.04%, and the comprehensive population coverage rate of television was 98.72%. The comprehensive reform pilot of county-level public hospitals has been successfully implemented. Implemented 11 categories of basic public health service projects and 6 major national public health projects. We are the first in the province to achieve full coverage of advanced counties and cities in the disease control "Strong Foundation Project". By the end of the year, there were 2,990 health institutions (including village health clinics) in the city, including 163 hospitals and health centers, 10 maternal and child health care centers (institutions, stations), 10 disease prevention and control centers (epidemic prevention stations), and health supervision centers. There are 12 institutes (centres). There are 25,719 health technicians in the city, including 9,398 practicing physicians and practicing assistant physicians. There are 22,797 beds in hospitals and health centers. The number of reported cases of Category A and B infectious diseases throughout the year was 11,418. It hosted 21 national and provincial sports events throughout the year. The city has 43 sports venues and 156 full-time sports personnel. The city participated in 486 provincial and above sports meets and won 49 gold medals, 54 silver medals and 53 bronze medals.

The city created 102,500 new urban jobs throughout the year, a decrease of 6,100 from the previous year. At the end of the year, the registered urban unemployment rate was 3%, the same as the previous year. The per capita net income of rural residents throughout the year was 9,121 yuan, an increase of 13.4%; the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 20,934 yuan, an increase of 11.5%. The income ratio of urban and rural residents was 2.3, a decrease of 0.03. The per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents was 14,743 yuan, an increase of 12%; the Engel coefficient of urban residents' households was 39.73%. The per capita living consumption expenditure of farmers was 6,762 yuan, an increase of 13.7%; the Engel coefficient of rural households was 38.17%. At the end of the year, the number of people participating in urban basic pension, basic medical care, unemployment, work-related injury and maternity insurance in the city were 979,700, 1,398,100, 485,100, 533,500 and 410,600 respectively, an increase of 47,900 and 26,600 respectively over the previous year. Ten thousand, 25,600, 28,700 and 25,100. The city’s urban basic pension insurance, urban basic medical insurance, and urban unemployment insurance coverage rates are 99%, 98%, and 98% respectively. At the end of the year, 2.5057 million people participated in the new rural cooperative medical care, and the insurance participation rate was 99.5%. The total cumulative expenditure of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Care Fund was 887 million yuan, an increase of 163 million yuan from the previous year. There are 89,700 residents in the city enjoying the urban minimum living security; 159,100 farmers are enjoying the rural minimum living security. There were 5 new private elderly care institutions with 873 additional beds throughout the year, bringing the number of private elderly care institutions to 23 with 2,341 beds. The municipal government issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Community Home-based Elderly Care Services" and related supporting documents, and launched a pilot program for home-based elderly care services. The city has 74 urban community home-based elderly care service centers and 297 rural elderly mutual care activity centers.

Wujiagang, Yuan'an and Yidu were rated as national model counties (districts) for elderly care services, and Zhijiang, Dianjun and Yiling were included in the province's rural mutual-aid elderly care pilot units. All 1,021 orphans in the city are provided with basic living security. Rescue service stations have been established in 75 streets (townships) across the city, basically forming a three-level rescue management service network at city, county (city, district), and street and town levels. Throughout the year, *** rescued 19,890 people, resettled 91 people, rescued 288 homeless minors, and helped 11 homeless minors return to school. 23,000 affordable housing projects were implemented, of which 19,600 physical houses were completed, and 2,902 new households were provided with low-rent housing rental subsidies. A new round of shanty town reconstruction has officially started. Implemented the renovation of 14,300 dilapidated rural houses. The regional poverty alleviation plan for Wuling Mountain and Qinbashan in Yichang City was successfully implemented. 38,000 people have been stabilized out of poverty. Innovation in social service management continues to deepen, urban grid management is further improved, rural grid management is fully launched, and the number of urban and rural grid members reaches 8,709. The urban civilization index evaluation continues to rank first in the province. Sister Luo became the first "National Moral Model" in the city. The level of urban and rural community construction continues to improve, and Zigui's experience in creating "happy villages" has gone nationwide. The construction of the rule of law in Yichang has been further advanced, and Yichang City won the "Chang'an Cup", the highest award for comprehensive social management in the country.

The number of days with API index ≤ 100 in Yichang urban area throughout the year was 311 days, of which 40 days the air quality reached Class I "excellent". The water quality status of the main rivers in Yichang City is generally "good". The water quality monitoring categories of Guanzhuang Reservoir, Shanxichong Reservoir, Nanmuxi Reservoir and alternate water source canals in Yichang City, as well as various county-level drinking water sources, all reach Category II and meet Category III. According to the water quality functional zoning requirements, the water quality compliance rate of Yichang urban and county-level centralized drinking water sources must be 100%. The city's total waste gas emissions from industrial enterprises were 213.457 billion standard cubic meters, of which 18.292 billion standard cubic meters were in urban areas; the city's total wastewater emissions were 323.380628 tons, including 184.1905 million tons of industrial wastewater; the city's industrial solid waste generation was 16.5859 million tons. The city's comprehensive utilization volume of industrial solid waste is 7.9447 million tons, the disposal volume is 8.610 million tons, the storage volume is 31,200 tons, the emission volume is 0, and the comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste disposal is 99.81%. A total of 130 emission reduction projects were implemented throughout the year, reducing chemical oxygen demand by 4,660 tons, ammonia nitrogen by 727 tons, sulfur dioxide by 11,253 tons, and nitrogen oxides by 1,107 tons. On the basis of digesting new increases, chemical oxygen demand was reduced by 2.01% respectively. , ammonia nitrogen 2.36%, sulfur dioxide 6.74%, and nitrogen oxides 0.56%, fully completing the annual emission reduction tasks assigned by the provincial government. The city's 1 steelmaking company, 5 papermaking companies, 15 papermaking production lines and 2 textile printing and dyeing company production lines included in the "Hubei Province Announcement on Eliminating Backward Production Capacity in 2013" will all be eliminated and closed before the end of the year. To strengthen the prevention and control of air pollution, PM2.5 monitoring in urban areas has been fully launched, and the municipal government has issued the "Yichang City Motor Vehicle Exhaust Pollution Prevention and Management Measures". Promote the prevention and control of heavy metal pollution and strengthen radiation environmental management. The city's energy consumption per unit of GDP dropped by 5%, and land consumption dropped by more than 8%. The area of ??water and soil erosion control is 62 square kilometers. The comprehensive utilization of medium and low-grade phosphate rock in Yichang was selected into the first batch of demonstration bases in the country. Yichang City was identified as a national pilot city for the redevelopment of inefficient urban land. Yiling and Yuan'an were rated as national model counties and cities for conservation and intensification of land and resources.

In April 2021, Yichang City ranked 55th in the 2021 National City Communication Popularity Ranking (prefecture-level cities).

In April 2021, Yichang City was selected into the first Top 100 Chinese Cultural Cities in 2021.

In March 2021, Yichang City ranked 87th in the 2021 China City Comprehensive Strength Ranking List.

In January 2021, the "2020 China City Science and Technology Innovation Development Index Ranking" was released, and Yichang City ranked 64th.

In December 2020, Yichang City was selected into the first batch of national cultural and tourism consumption pilot cities.

In December 2020, the 2020 China City Business Environment Ranking was released, and Yichang City ranked 99th.

In November 2020, the Central Civilization Office released the list of national civilized cities that were confirmed to retain the honorary title during the sixth review, and Yichang was selected.

In October 2020, Yichang City won the title of National Double Support Model City (County) in 2020.

In October 2020, the "2020 China Blue Sky Top 100 Cities List" was released, and Yichang City ranked 112th.

In September 2020, the Wharton Economic Research Institute released the "Ranking of China's Top 100 Cities in 2020", with Yichang ranked 57th.

In August 2020, the General Administration of Sports determined Yichang City as a national sports consumption pilot city.

In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reaffirmed Yichang City as a national health city (district).

In July 2020, the "2020 National Internet Celebrity Cities Ranking" was released, and Yichang ranked 60th on the list.

In June 2020, the "Ranking of China's Best Cities for Studying in 2019" was released, and Yichang ranked 86th on the list (representative university: China Three Gorges University).

In 2020, the 2019 GDP ranking of cities in Hubei Province was released, and Yichang City ranked third with 4460.82.

In November 2019, the National Development and Reform Commission announced the list of cities (districts) to focus on in the “front-runner” action to improve the quality and expand the domestic service industry, and Yichang was on the list.

In August 2019, Yichang City was identified as the second batch of demonstration cities (districts) for social credit system construction.

In July 2019, the National Health Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine determined Yichang City as a pilot city for the construction of an urban medical consortium.

In November 2017, Yichang City was included in the fifth national civilized city list and the previous national civilized city list that was confirmed by review to continue to retain the honorary title.

In June 2017, the Food Safety Office of the State Council awarded Yichang City a national food safety demonstration city.

In July 2016, Yichang City won the title of National Double Support Model City (County) in 2016.