Shayang County, subordinate to Jingmen City, Hubei Province, is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Han River, the north end of Jianghan Plain, east of the Han River and Zhongxiang City, Tianmen City across the river; West near Zhangshui, adjacent to Dangyang City; South shore long lake, with Jingzhou, Qianjiang border; Jingshan in the north, and Dao District, Dongbao District bordering. With a total area of 2044 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 13 towns. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Shayang County was 395,717. It is located in the junction of Wuhan City circle and western Hubei ecological culture tourism circle, adjacent to the Han River, smooth water transportation, known as the "Pearl of the Han River", "small Hankou" and other reputation. Within Shayang County, Xiangjing Expressway passes through the National Highway 207, 234, 348 and Hanyi Line and other first-class highways.

Shayang was named for the "Shayang Fort" built on Qiongtai Mountain next to Hanjin Estuary by Yuchi Gong in the Tang Dynasty when he was the general manager of Jingzhou. The largest Neolithic ancient city ruins in central and southern China -- Majiaganyuan Ruins were left in the area, and the first county-level government in Chinese history -- Quan County was born. The Chu slips in Guodian were unearthed, and a cluster of Chu tombs such as the tombs of Bao Shan and King Chuzhuang in the area were distributed continuously. On December 6, 2019, it was selected as a pilot unit to promote the quality improvement of farmer cooperatives in the whole county. On July 29, 2020, it was selected into the national Health township (county) naming list for the 2017-2019 cycle.

In the first half of 2021, the gross regional product of Shayang County reached 16.51 billion yuan, recovering to 107.3% of that in 2019, with an increase of 25.8% based on comparable prices; The county's industrial added value increased by 42.4% year-on-year, recovering to 99.0% in 2019; Fixed asset investment grew by 57.1% year on year, recovering to 74.1% in 2019. The retail sales of consumer goods reached 5466.97 million yuan, up 33.3% year on year and recovering to 93.2% in 2019.