Yangchun means "the sun of desert water, the four seasons are like spring". It was called Chunzhou in ancient times. Guangdong Province administers county-level cities and is managed by Yangjiang City. It is a pilot project of fiscal reform in counties directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. It is located in the southwest of Guangdong Province and the middle and upper reaches of Moyang River. With a total area of 4037.8 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 15 towns, 2 streets, 309 administrative villages and 40 communities. In 2021, there will be 1224589 registered residence and 881290 permanent residents.

Yangchun is the transportation hub between the Pearl River Delta and western Guangdong, 60 kilometers away from Yangjiang Port. Sanmao Railway, Yangyang Railway, Chunluo Railway, Zhaoyang Expressway, Shantou Zhanjiang Expressway, Zhongyang Expressway, Guangzhou-Zhanjiang High-speed Railway, 234 National Highway, 325 National Highway, 359 National Highway, etc.

Yangchun has Guangdong Yangchun Lingxiaoyan National Geological Park, and has successively won more than 20 honorary titles, such as China's Excellent Tourism City, China's Hometown of Horse Water Oranges, China's Hometown of Spring Amomum, China's National Science Popularization Demonstration City, National Government Affairs Publicity Demonstration Site, Guangdong Provincial Civilized City, Guangdong Provincial Health City, Guangdong Provincial Garden City, Guangdong Provincial Education Strong City, etc.

On May 18, 2020, it was selected as one of the top 100 cities (county-level) with the highest popularity in China in 2020. In June, it was included in the demonstration list of new urbanization construction in the county seat. In December, it ranked 276 in the Top 400 List of China's County Economic Development Report released by the Academy of Social Sciences.

In 2021, Yangchun City will achieve a GDP of 36.68 billion yuan, up 5.7% year on year; The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 14.37 billion yuan, up 5.7% year on year; The investment in fixed assets was 9.47 billion yuan, down 0.4% year on year; Local general public budget revenue was 1.68 billion yuan, up 17.9% year on year.