Jiayu County belongs to Xianning City of Hubei Province. It is located at 113°39 '-114°22' east longitude and 29°48 '-30°19' north latitude. It is located in the south bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, bordering Wuhan in the north, adjacent to Chibi City in the south, 40 kilometers away from Xianning City in the east, and facing Honghu City across the river in the west. It is an important part of Wuhan City Circle. It covers an area of 1,019.53 square kilometers. By 2020, Jiayu County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 1 village, 22 community committees, 79 village committees, 3 production teams and 511 villagers' groups. In 2021, Jiayu County has a total population of 361,800, with 287,400 permanent residents.

Jiayu county, the ancient name ShaYang fort, take "the book of songs, lesser, the south has charr" of the name, is the country's first open to the public areas and the Yangtze river economic belt development zone, is a famous hometown of vegetables in hubei, the hometown of crabs, e ? ? ? the fish of the township, the hometown of golden, won the "hubei province two green"
In 2021, the gross domestic product of Jiayu County was 30.783 billion yuan, an increase of 10.1% over the previous year based on constant prices in 2020. The added value of the primary industry was 4.851 billion yuan, and that of the secondary industry was 15.167 billion yuan. The added value of the tertiary industry was 10.765 billion yuan, and the tertiary industrial structure was 15.8:49.2:34.0.