Hengyang, Hunan Province under the jurisdiction of prefecture-level city, provincial sub-central city, national II type big cities, located in southern China, southern Hunan Province, is an important member of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River city group, the political, economic, military, cultural center of the southern Hunan region. Hengyang city across the Xiangjiang River, is one of the important transportation hubs in Hunan Province and the central South, a number of important highways, railway lines in this rendezvous. Hengyang is located in the central south of the concave plane axis part, constitute a typical basin situation, a subtropical monsoon climate. Hengyang City under the jurisdiction of 5 districts 5 counties, 2 county - level city, a total area of 15310 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, Hengyang City permanent population of 6,645,243 people.

Hengyang is an important industrial city in the central south, is one of the "Made in China 2025" pilot demonstration city group cities, with Hunan's first comprehensive bonded zone and national high-tech zone, is positioned as the national industrial transfer demonstration zone and the national processing trade key to undertake. Hengyang is also the national service industry comprehensive supporting reform pilot city, the national ecological civilization demonstration zone, the national garden city, China's "China's Anti-Japanese War memorial city". Hengyang has the University of South China, Hengyang Normal College, Hunan Institute of Technology and other 15 colleges and universities. Hengyang has been named one of the top 100 Best commercial cities in Mainland China in 2018. In October 2020, it was rated as the national model city (county) of double support. On January 14, 2021, Hengyang was officially named the National Health City for the 2018-2020 cycle. In 2021, Hengyang City by the national positioning as a key city in the central region.

In 2021, Hengyang City achieved regional gross domestic product 384.031 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1%