Zhijiang City, known as Danyang in ancient times, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Yichang City in Hubei Province. It is located in the west of central Hubei Province, bordering Dangyang City in the north, Yidu City in the southwest, Zhanting District and Yiling District in the northwest, and Jingzhou City in the southeast. It covers an area of 1310 square kilometers. Zhijiang City belongs to the subtropical continental monsoon climate, the climate is mild, abundant rainfall, sufficient sunshine, four distinct seasons, the average temperature of 16.5℃. As of October 2022, Zhijiang Municipality has jurisdiction over 1 subdistrict and 8 towns. Zhijiang City people's government resident Ma Jiadian street. In 2021, Zhijiang has a permanent population of 427,900.

Zhijiang City, has the "Three Gorges water township, the township of fish and rice" said. 6,000 years ago, there were primitive agricultural and animal husbandry production in the territory, and primitive social tribes were formed. Zhou, called Danyang, belongs to Chu. Qin, because of the Yangtze River branch to this name Zhijiang, belongs to the South County. Han, Zhijiang County. On July 30, 1996, Zhijiang County was abolished and Zhijiang City was established. The transportation in Zhijiang City is convenient, and a transportation network consisting of highway, railway and water transportation has been formed. On Oct 27, 2017, Zhijiang was named the 2017 National Garden City by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. On November 10, 2020, Zhijiang City was announced as the sixth National Civilized City by the Central Civilization Office. On January 6, 2021, Zhijiang was named the 2018-2020 cycle National Health City by the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee.

In 2021, the GDP of Zhijiang was 72.236 billion yuan, the total revenue of local finance was 2.769 billion yuan, the per capita disposable income of urban permanent residents was 40,139 yuan, and the per capita disposable income of rural permanent residents was 26,793 yuan.