Fengxian, a county under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou City, is located in the northwest of Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is connected with tongshan district and Pei County in the east, Jinxiang County and Yutai County in the north, Dangshan County and Xiaoxian County in the south and Shan County in the west. Located in the center of Huaihai Economic Zone and the southeast edge of North China Plain. Xuji Expressway runs through the whole territory, connecting Beijing-Fuzhou line, Beijing-Shanghai line and Lianhuo line. Fuxin River in the territory leads to Weishan Lake and is connected with the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. [38]
Fengxian area 1450.2 km2 [3 1]. By the end of 2020, the permanent population of Fengxian County was 935,200. [37] In 20021year, Fengxian is expected to complete the regional GDP of 55 billion yuan, the general public budget revenue of 3.302 billion yuan, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods of 32 billion yuan. [40]
Fengxian county was called Fengyi, Qintai and Fengcheng in ancient times. According to legend, it was named after the ancient phoenix landed here. Fengxian county has a long history, and there is a saying that "Xuzhou comes first and then Xuanzhou comes, but Weifeng county doesn't remember the year". It is the hometown of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang and Zhang Tianshi Daoling, and is known as "the hometown of dragonflies and the hometown of emperors". The reputation of Shi Tian's hometown. It is a pilot county with strong intellectual property rights in China, an advanced county in digital agriculture and rural development in China, a pilot county in digital villages in China, a top 100 county with the most investment potential in small and medium-sized cities in China, and a county with the most investment and commercial value in China.