Anyang, a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, formerly known as Yin, Yecheng, Yejun, Xiangzhou, Zhangde, etc., is located in the north of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei. It is a regional central city at the junction of Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei provinces. It is a city in the coordinated development zone around Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, bordering Puyang in the east, Changzhi in the west, Hebi, Xinxiang in the south, and Handan in the north, with a total area of 7413 square kilometers. As of 2019, Anyang has jurisdiction over 4 districts, 1 county-level city and 4 counties. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Anyang City is 5477614.

Anyang is one of the centers of early Chinese civilization, a national historical and cultural city, the hometown of oracle bone inscriptions and the birthplace of the Book of Changes. In ancient legend, Zhuanxu and Diku, the two emperors of the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors", built their capitals in Diqiu (now Puyang) and Bo (now Shangqiu), and were buried here (both in Liangzhuang Town, Neihuang County). During the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Cao Wei, Hou Zhao, Ran Wei, Qian Yan, the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and the Northern Qi Dynasty successively established their capitals here, so Anyang is known as the "Ancient Capital of the Seven Dynasties". Anyang has outstanding people. Pangeng moved his capital to Yin, King Wuding Zhongxing of the Shang Dynasty, slave Fu Shuo paid homage to the Prime Minister, female generals offered good invitations, King Wen acted in the Book of Changes, Ximen Leopard threw himself into witchcraft to govern Yedi, Lin Xiangru was born in Guxiangcun, Emperor Xinling stole a talisman to save Zhao, Xiang Yu broke the boat, Cao Cao made his fortune in Yecheng, Han Qi, the prime minister of the three dynasties, governed Xiangzhou for three times, and Yue Fei, the famous anti Jin general, devoted himself to the country.

Anyang is a national health city, a national forest city, a national model city (county) for mutual support, and a national civilized city.

Anyang, Henan, as the location of Yin Ruins, a world cultural heritage, and the land where oracle bone inscriptions are made, a world memory heritage, is known as the "capital of words".

In 2021, Anyang will achieve a GDP of 243.55 billion yuan, ranking 12th in the province, an increase of 5.0% over the previous year.