Puyang City, formerly known as Emperor Qiu and Kaizhou, is a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province. It is located in the northeast of Henan Province, at the junction of Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces at the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It faces Jining City and Heze City in Shandong Province across the river in the east and south. It is adjacent to Liaocheng City and Tai'an City in Shandong Province in the northeast, Handan City in Hebei Province in the north, Anyang City in Henan Province in the west, and Xinxiang City in Henan Province in the southwest; It is between 35 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ - 36 ° 12 ′ 23 ″ north latitude and 114 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ - 116 ° 5 ′ 4 ″ east longitude. As of October 2021, Puyang has jurisdiction over one district, five counties, one industrial park and one economic and technological development zone, with a total area of 4271 square kilometers. By the end of 2021, Puyang has a permanent population of 3.744 million.

Puyang is the northeast portal of Henan Province, an important channel to the sea for the Central Plains Economic Zone, and a regional central city for the Henan Shandong Hebei provincial trade fair; The Beijing Jiulong Railway and Shanxi Henan Shandong Railway pass through here, and several expressways, such as Daguang Expressway, Puhe Expressway, Nanlin Expressway, Pufan Expressway, run through the whole territory. Puyang is a national historical and cultural city, known as "the capital of Zhuanxu and the hometown of Emperor Shun", and named "the capital of China" by the Chinese Ancient Capital Society; Acrobatics culture enjoys a good reputation both at home and abroad, and is the "hometown of Chinese acrobatics".

In 2013, Puyang was awarded the title of "National Civilized City". On February 8, 2022, Puyang was re recognized as a "National Hygienic City" through review. On April 26 of the same year, Puyang was awarded the title of "Excellent" City under the jurisdiction of Henan Province (the rule of law government) in 2021.

In 2021, Puyang will achieve a regional GDP of 177.154 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4% over the previous year and an average growth of 5.6% over the two years. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 20.963 billion yuan, up 7.1%; The added value of the secondary industry was 66.26 billion yuan, up 7.8%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 89.931 billion yuan, up 9.1%; Tertiary industrial structure 11.8:37.4:50.8.