Nanchong City is located in the northeast of Sichuan Province and the middle reaches of Jialing River. It is named after being in the south of Chongguo. It has jurisdiction over 3 districts (Shunqing District, Gaoping District, Jialing District), 5 counties (Xichong County, Nanbu County, Peng An County, Yingshan County, Yilong County), hosting 1 county-level city (Langzhong City); a registered population of 7,525,838; an area of 12,479.96k㎡.

Nanchong has a long history, originated from Anhan established by Emperor Han Gaozu in 202 BC, and has been built for more than 2,200 years. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, it has been the governing place of the capital, state, county, government, and Tao; in the early liberation period, it was the resident of the Northern Sichuan Administrative District, the central city in the northern part of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone positioned by the national plan, and one of the dual cores of the northeastern urban agglomeration in Sichuan Province.

As of 2015, the total GDP of Nanchong reached 151.6 billion yuan, and the social fixed asset investment reached 138.9 billion yuan. Nanchong is the birthplace of the culture of the Three Kingdoms and the Spring Festival. The folk customs are simple and elegant, and the culture of the Three Kingdoms, silk culture, red culture and Jialing River culture blend Brilliance.