Xiangyin County, known as Luocheng in ancient times, is under the jurisdiction of Yueyang City, Hunan Province. Located in the northeast of Hunan Province, living in the center of two rivers of Xiangzi, south Dongting Lake, Xiangjiang River from south to north through the whole country, the county is divided into east and west two, the east for hills, the west for Binhu plain, Xiangyin County is located in Changsha, Yueyang, Yiyang three cities and five counties center, close to the capital of Hunan province Changsha, the county is 38 kilometers away from the central city of Changsha, in the "Changzhutan" half an hour economic circle, Xiangyin County is the only way for "Changzhutan" area to go out to sea along the Xiangjiang River, across Dongting Lake, and across the Yangtze River. It is not only the "big dock" of "Changzhutan" city group along the north of the river to Dongting Lake, but also the "bridgehead" of Yueyang and Wuhan city circle to connect with "Changzhutan" city group. In March 2016, Xiangyin County was rated as the most beautiful county of Yueyang City in 2015.

By 2020, Xiangyin County has jurisdiction over 14 towns and 1 sub-district, with a total land area of 1,541.45 square kilometers and a cultivated land area of 63.21 thousand hectares. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, Xiangyin County had a permanent population of 583,984. In 2020, the GDP of Xiangyin County reached 33.980 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 3.9%. The added value of the primary industry was 7.167 billion yuan, up by 4.0% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 12.488 billion yuan, up 3.4% year on year; The value added of the tertiary industry was 14.324 billion yuan, up 4.9 percent year on year. The ratio of three industrial structures is 21.09.36.75:42.16.

Xiangyin County is the pilot county of the National intellectual property Strong County project. On October 9, 2020, it was awarded the fourth batch of national ecological civilization Construction demonstration City and county title by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.