Yuechi County, under the Guang 'an City of Sichuan Province. Located in the northeast of Sichuan Basin, the county was established in the second year (697) of the long life of Wu Zhou Tang Dynasty. In January 1950, the People's Government of Yuechi County was established. Under the 25 towns, 2 street office. Yuechi is located in the subtropical humid monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, such as early spring, hot summer, cool autumn, warm winter and early spring warming. Located in the central Sichuan Basin axis zone, rich resources, oil, natural gas, brine, rock salt and other resources. The area of Yuechi County is 1,458.46 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Yuechi County is 742,747.

Yuechi County is an important part of the Northeast Sichuan Economic Zone, located in the Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation Demonstration Zone and Chongqing one-hour economic circle. Yuechi Farm Culture Tourism Festival is one of the top ten festivals in Sichuan. Famous figures include Wu Xue, Yang Renkai, Liu Xiangyun and so on. As the hometown of fish and rice for thousands of years, it has been known as the "Granary of East Sichuan" since ancient times. Because of its rich rice, it enjoys the reputation of "Yinyue Pond", so it is nicknamed "Silver City".

Yuechi County has been awarded "Sichuan Province civilized City", "the birthplace of Chinese farmhouse music", "the Township of Chinese Folk Art" (the first in western China), "the Township of China's Power Transmission and Transformation", "the first County of White Agriculture in China", "the Township of Rice Noodles in China", "the City of Medicine Industry in Western China", "the Top 100 Counties of E-commerce in China", "the strong County of the Province's County Economy", A series of honorary titles such as "the Top 100 Counties and cities in Western China" and "the first batch of Demonstration Counties of Quality and Safety Supervision of Agricultural Products in Sichuan Province".

On April 28, 2019, the People's Government of Sichuan Province decided to remove Yuechi County from the list of poverty-stricken counties.
In 2021, Yuechi County achieved a gross regional product (GDP) of 28.66 billion yuan, an increase of 8.3% over the previous year based on comparable prices.