Yinchuan is a prefecture-level city and the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. East across the Yellow River, bordering Yanchi County of Wuzhong City and Otog Banner of Inner Mongolia; It is adjacent to Helan Mountain in the west and Alashan League in Inner Mongolia. It is connected with Litong District and Qingtongxia City in Wuzhong City in the south; Pingluo County, Shizuishan City in the north. The total area is 9025.38 square kilometers. By 2023, the city will have 3 districts (xingqing district, jinfeng district and Xixia), 2 counties (Yongning and Helan) and 1 city (lingwu city). By the end of 2022, the permanent population of the city was 2,896,800. In 2022, the city will achieve a regional GDP of 253.563 billion yuan. 20 18, 10 won the title of "International Wetland City" in June. The topography of Yinchuan is divided into two parts: mountains and plains, which are higher in the west and south, lower in the north and east, and slightly inclined in the southwest-northeast direction. The climate is neither too cold nor too hot, with an average annual temperature of about 8 degrees Celsius. There is no heat in summer and no cold in winter. Mineral resources include coal, hematite, flux limestone and flux dolomite. There are more than 40 kinds of wild medicinal plants, and 32 kinds of rare animals protected by the state, such as roe deer, red deer, blue pheasant, Qingyang and fox. By the end of 2022, in education, Yinchuan had three postgraduate training units, ordinary colleges 16, adult colleges 1, secondary vocational schools 16 and 28 ordinary high schools. In terms of medical treatment, Yinchuan has 1393 health institutions. In terms of scientific research, Yinchuan has 3,555 effective invention patents, with 12.34 patents per 10,000 people.