Hechi City is a five-tier city, with nine counties under its jurisdiction. The resident of Hechi Municipal Government was originally in Jin Chengjiang, and moved to Yizhou, Liu Sanjie's hometown, on 20021. Among all counties, Du 'an Yao Autonomous County is the closest to Nanning, and it has great development potential in the future. After the high-speed rail is opened to traffic, it will be beneficial to the development of Du 'an Yao Autonomous County and Hechi City.
Hechi has beautiful mountains and rivers and rich products, and is known as "four districts and five townships". The "four districts" are old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas, poverty-stricken areas supported by the state and key areas for the development of the western region; "Five Townships" is the hometown of nonferrous metals in China, hydropower in China, bronze drums in the world, longevity in the world and Zhuang singer Liu Sanjie.
Hechi is the hub of people flow, logistics, capital flow and information flow in Nanguikun Economic Zone, Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and ASEAN Free Trade Area. Hechi is a key area for Guangxi to implement the western development.