Yuechi County is an important part of Northeast Sichuan Economic Zone, located in Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation Demonstration Zone and Chongqing One-hour Economic Circle. Yuechi County Farmers' Cultural Tourism Festival is a famous local festival and one of the top ten festivals in Sichuan. Famous figures include Wu Xue, Yang and Liu Piyun.
As a land of fish and rice for thousands of years, it has been known as the "granary of eastern Sichuan" since ancient times. Because it is rich in rice, it enjoys the reputation of "Yinyuechi County", so it is also called "Silver City".
Yuechi County has successively been awarded the titles of "Civilized City in Sichuan Province", "Hometown of China Farmhouse", "Hometown of Chinese Quyi" (No.1 in the west), "Hometown of China Power Transmission and Transformation", "No.1 County of China White Agriculture", "Hometown of China Rice Noodles", "Pharmaceutical Industry City in the West of China", "Top 100 counties of China E-commerce" and "Strong counties in the whole province".
2065438+On April 28th, 2009, Sichuan Provincial People's Government decided to withdraw Yuechi County from poverty-stricken counties.