Yichang is the sub-center city of Hubei province, the regional center city in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the world-famous Hydropower Tourist City.
The world-famous Three Gorges Project and the Gezhouba Water Control project are all located here. Yichang is a comfortable and livable city just as its name literally means. It boasts of a long civilized history of more than 2700 years and it was regarded as the cradle of the ancient Bachu culture, and the birthplace of Tujia minority people.