The northernmost city in Hunan is undoubtedly Yueyang. To the south of Yueyang is Changsha, the provincial capital, and to the south of Changsha are Xiangtan and Zhuzhou. At present, the plan to integrate the three cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Tan has been approved and is in concrete form. During the implementation, the telephone area codes of the three cities have been consistent, which is 0731. The intercity buses in the three cities have been opened, and the light rail and subway are under construction. Xiangtan is located in central Hunan, China. It and Changsha form the shape of "pin" each other, forming the "Golden Triangle" area with the most developed politics, economy and culture in Hunan Province. Xiangtan was called Tanzhou in ancient times and was once a famous town in the south of the Yangtze River. It was a place where commerce gathered and was known as the "Golden Xiangtan". The city has a total area of ??5,016 square kilometers and a population of 2.8 million. It governs Xiangtan County, Xiangxiang and Shaoshan cities and two urban districts of Yuhu and Yuetang. It is a Class A open city in China. Xiangtan has outstanding people and talented people. It is famous for giving birth to a generation of great men Mao Zedong, famous military strategists Peng Dehuai, Chen Geng, Tan Zheng, and world cultural celebrity Qi Baishi.

After half a century of entrepreneurship, today Xiangtan has become an important industrial city in Hunan, with the country's largest production base for motors, fluoride salts, ferromanganese and strong fine chemical production capabilities. Infrastructure such as transportation, communications, and electricity are improving day by day. Xiangtan has developed education, with more than a dozen colleges and universities in the city. Because it is rich in Xianglian, it is called the "Hometown of Xianglian in China", so Xiangtan is also called the "Lotus City". Xiangtan has developed and convenient transportation: the waterway - the Xiangjiang River, the largest river in Hunan Province, passes through the city, and can handle 1,000-ton freighters all year round. Xiangtan is more than 200 kilometers away from Chenglingji Port in Yueyang, from where export goods can be transferred to large ships and shipped out to sea on the Yangtze River; highways - National Highway 107 from Beijing to Shenzhen and National Highway 320 from Shanghai to Kunming both intersect in the urban area and pass through the entire territory respectively. , the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway from Beijing to Zhuhai runs through the border; the airport-city center is 60 kilometers away from Changsha Huanghua International Airport, and it only takes 30 minutes from the expressway to the airport. Railway - China's north-south artery Beijing-Guangzhou Railway from Beijing to Guangzhou and east-west artery Shanghai-Kunming Hunan-Guizhou Railway pass through the city. More than ten large and medium-sized enterprises in the city are connected to them by dedicated railways.