Xuchang County (Xuchang County) generally refers to Jian'an District.

Jian'an District, subordinate to Xuchang City, Henan Province, is located in the middle of Henan Province, with geographic coordinates of 113 ° 35 ′ - 114 ° 04 ′ E and 33 ° 52 ′ - 34 ° 10 ′ N, covering a total area of 1002 square kilometers. As of May 2022, Jian'an District has 741400 permanent residents. As of October 2021, Jian'an District has jurisdiction over 4 streets, 7 towns and 7 townships. The District People's Government is located at the intersection of Xinyuan Avenue and the old 107 National Highway in Jian'an District.

In the primitive period, the ancient human skull fossil "Xuchang Man" was unearthed in Jian'an District about 80000 to 100000 years ago, filling the gap in the study of the origin of modern Chinese people and being one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. On February 5, 2017, the People's Government of Jian'an District, Xuchang City was established. The traffic in Jian'an District extends in all directions. Beijing Zhuhai Expressway, Xupingnan Expressway, Lannan Expressway, Yongdeng Expressway, Zhengyao Expressway and other expressways are intertwined in a "meter" shape. National Highway 311 and 107, Beijing Guangzhou Railway, Zhengzhou Hefei High speed Railway and Sanyo Railway pass through the district. The construction of Zhengzhou Xuzhou municipal railway is speeding up. Jian'an District has been selected into the list of counties (cities, districts) for the pilot construction of national forest health care bases in 2020, and the list of counties (cities, districts) under the comprehensive management of the National Energy Administration for the pilot development of roof distributed photovoltaic. The sixth batch of demonstration counties (cities and districts) that took the lead in basically realizing the whole process mechanization of main crop production. The main scenic spots are the Spring and Autumn Tower, Yang Shuicai Memorial Hall, Prime Minister Cao Cheng's Residence, etc.

In 2021, the gross domestic product of Jian'an District will reach 43.55 billion yuan.