Yibin--The first city along ten-thousand-mile Yangtze River

Yibin is located in southern edge of Sichuan Basin and at the juncture of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. As Jinshajiang River and Mingjiang River gather here, it's wellknown as "The First City along Ten- Thousand-Mile Yangtze River". Today, Yibin has 1 district and 9 counties, with a population of 5.35 million and an area of 13,283 square meters.

This city has a profound culture with a history over 2190 years as well as a wine-brewing history over 4000 years. It's well-reputed as a "Famous Historic& Cultural City of China", "One of Most Popular Travel Cities in China", "Wine Capital of China" and "Hometown of Chinese Spring Tea". Available with rich resources and favorable geographical location, Yibin is a bright pearl in the upper reaches of Yangtze River as it's located at the starting point of the golden waterway and the juncture of "5 Vertical and 7 Horizontal" traffic arteries. Based on a complete network of railway, highway, waterway, ports and airlines, Yubin is becoming a "gate" in sourthern Sichuananda "bridgehead" accessible to the sea.

In a move to build up a "strong economic city at juncture of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in the upper reaches of Yangtze River" and push forward the construction of a "new beautiful Yibin", this city continuously impovesits comprehensive strength, with its economic aggregate ranking the 4th place in Sichuan and 1st place at the juncture of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Being listed into key regions under the plan of Chengdu-Chongqing economic development zone, Yibin serves as an important hub in building up an economic belt in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and a new pole of economic growth in southern Sichuan.

Under the strong leadership of Yibin municipal party committeee and people's government, the hardworking and intelligent Yibin people will grasp the opportunity of grand western development to make new contributions in building a "new beautiful Yibin"!