Huangshi, known as Daye in ancient times, is a prefecty-level city under the administration of Hubei Province. It is approved by The State Council as an important industrial base in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, an open city along the Yangtze River, a central city in eastern Hubei, a central city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River City group, an advanced manufacturing base in Central China, and a sub-central city in Wuhan City Circle. It is located in the southeast of Hubei Province and on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It faces Huanggang City across the Yangtze River in the northeast, Ezhou in the north, Wuhan and Ezhou in the west, Xianning in the southwest, and Jiujiang in Jiangxi in the southeast. Between 114°31 '-115°30' east longitude, 29°30 '-30°15' north latitude, the total area of 4583 square kilometers. As of October 2021, Huangshi Municipality has jurisdiction over 4 districts, 1 county and 1 county-level city. By the end of 2021, Huangshi has a permanent population of 2,444,300.

Tang Yu of the world, the city is two Miao. Northern Song Gande five years (967), Daye County was founded. June 9, 1949, the establishment of Daye County People's Government. On June 16, 1950, the people's government of Hubei Province to Hubei civil affairs special word No. 104, to the Central South Military and political Commission request, Shihuang Industrial and mining area reorganized into a city, named "Huangshi City"; On August 21 of the same year, Huangshi City under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province was formally established.

Huangshi is one of the birthplaces of China's bronze culture, mining and metallurgy civilization, as well as the cradle of modern Chinese national industry. It also has a national first-class water transport port. The terrain of Huangshi is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, which inclines from southwest to northeast. It is subtropical monsoon climate. In June 2017, Huangshi was named a National Health City. In October 2018, Huangshi was awarded the title of "National Forest City".
In 2021, the gross regional product of Huangshi reached 186.568 billion yuan, an increase of 13% over the previous year based on comparable prices. The value added of the primary industry was 12.74 billion yuan, up by 8.4%; The added value of the secondary industry was 84.587 billion yuan, up by 12.1%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 89.241 billion yuan, up by 14.6 percent. In 2021, the proportion of the three industries is 6.8:45.4:47.8.