Yangzhong, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, is managed by Zhenjiang City. It is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the golden waterway in the east of Zhenjiang City, and in the demonstration area of southern Jiangsu modernization construction. It is a county-level city that is a member of the Nanjing metropolitan area, "Yangzhou and Taizhou face each other across the river in the north, and Zhenjiang and Changzhou are separated by a strip of water in the south. The city is composed of four river islands, namely Taiping Island, Zhongsha Island, Xisha Island and Leigong Island, with a total area of 332 square kilometers, including 228 square kilometers of land area. The built-up area of Yangzhong City is 13.9 square kilometers, the planned construction area of Binjiang New Town is 6.8 square kilometers, and the urbanization rate is 64.26%. It has 54 kilometers of exploitable deep water shoreline. It has 4 towns and 2 streets under its jurisdiction Road, Yangzhong Economic Development Zone and Yangzhong High-tech Zone. According to the data of the seventh national population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Yangzhong City was 315462, accounting for 9.83% of Zhenjiang City.

Yangzhong, with its distinctive industrial characteristics, is a well-known "electric island" and "photovoltaic island", and the "Yangtze River manufacturing corridor", in which the electrical field is the largest engineering electrical raw material market in China, and has been awarded the "China Engineering Electrical City", Yangzhong has successively won the "National Sanitary City", "National Ecological City" and "National Garden City", and the "National Environmental Protection Model City" has passed the national examination and acceptance. In 2020, the per capita gross regional product is 154900 yuan. The per capita disposable income of all residents is 53719.5 yuan. For three consecutive years, it has ranked the first place in the first prize of the high-quality development assessment of Zhenjiang City, and for four consecutive years, it has been awarded the "Advanced City for Promoting High-quality Development" of Jiangsu Province , ranking 23rd among the top 100 counties and cities with comprehensive strength in 2021.

Yangzhong rural villas have distinctive characteristics. Mrs. Cristina, the wife of the Spanish Counsellor to China, and more than 60 envoys from 28 countries, including the Moroccan envoy to China, have visited here as souvenirs.

The urban spirit of Yangzhong is "the best is as good as water, striving for self-improvement."