Macheng, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, is located in the northeast of Hubei Province, the north of Huanggang City, the south foot of the middle part of Dabie Mountain on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces. It is a regional central city of Dabie Mountain approved by The State Council, a key county and city of high quality development determined by Hubei Province, and a county and city of "Top 100 Reserve". An important part of Wuhan city Circle; It covers an area of 3,747 square kilometers. As of October 2022, it has jurisdiction over 3 subdistricts, 15 towns and 1 township. By the end of 2021, the permanent population was 873,500. The city government in Longchi Bridge street, a subtropical continental humid monsoon climate, Jianghuai microclimate area.

Macheng border area, Xia and Shang period, is controlled by the Shang dynasty of small country "whole country", Sui KaiHuang 18 years (598) Macheng County; In 1986, counties were set up as cities; In December 1995, the city, Macheng belongs to Huanggang City. In 2018, Macheng was awarded the title of "Thousand-year-old County". It has successively won the title of "Hometown of Chinese Poetry", "Chinese Couplets Cultural City" and "Hometown of Filial Piety and Kindness Culture". It has 106 National Road, Daguang Expressway, Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Shanghai-Han-Chengdu Railway and other transit lines.
Macheng, as the ancient battlefield of Baiju Battle in Sun Tzu's Art of War, the core area of Dabie Mountain Revolutionary base area, the source of "Jute Uprising", and the place where the army of Liu and Deng "leap a thousand Li into Dabie Mountain" took place, was known as "the first town of generals in the country". It is also one of the "eight birthplaces of immigrants" in ancient China, and its "Xiaogan Township" is the origin and distribution center of "Huguang Filling Sichuan", and the recognized "ancestral home holy land" in Bashu. There are many scenic spots within the territory, such as Guifeng Mountain Scenic spot, Macheng Xiaogan Township cultural Park and other landscape.

In 2021, Macheng's GDP reached 41.025 billion yuan, an increase of 16.6 percent. The added value of the primary industry was 7.313 billion yuan, up by 10.8%; The added value of the secondary industry was 15.499 billion yuan, up 22.9%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 18.214 billion yuan, up by 14.1%.