Xichang City (Xichang City) generally refers to Xichang (the county-level city and capital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province).

Xichang City, the capital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, is located in the Anning River Valley in the southwest of Sichuan Province, belonging to the tropical plateau monsoon climate zone, known as the "little city of spring", warm in winter and cool in summer, and spring in all seasons; It covers an area of 2882.9 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 7 streets, 11 towns, 5 townships and 2 ethnic townships. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Xichang was 955041.

Xichang is rich in tourism resources, and is an important node of the Great Shangri-La Tourism Circle and the Sichuan-Yunnan Tourism Golden Line. There are tourist attractions such as Qionghai-Lushan Mountain, Qionghai National Wetland Park, Luoji Mountain, Jianchang Ancient City, Tangyuan, Dashiban Ancient Village, Lugu Lake, Lingshan Temple, Xichang Satellite Launch Base, educated youth museum, Huanglian Tulin, etc.

Xichang is the country's largest grain county, the country's largest pig county, the country's hometown of onions, flowers and trees, the country's hometown of winter strawberries, the world-famous Sun City, the Moon City, the Space City, and "a city to live in spring". It has successively won the National Forest City, National Health City, China's Excellent Tourism City, China's Ten Most Beautiful Ancient Cities, China's Five Most Beautiful Health Habitats, China's Most Desirable Places for Tourism, One of China's Ten Most Worthy Small Cities, National Tourist Resort, Top 100 Counties with Comprehensive Strength, Top 100 Counties and Cities with New Urbanization Quality, and Top 100 County-level Cities with Comprehensive Well-off Index in China In 2019, the top 100 counties and cities with comprehensive national strength, in 2019, the top 100 counties and cities in western China, and the national rural governance system construction pilot unit.

In 2020, Xichang achieved a GDP of 57361.79 million yuan, up 2.7% year on year.