Wulin Gate Pier in Xiacheng district [Photo/hzxc.gov.cn]

Covering 31.46 square kilometers, Xiacheng district administers eight sub-districts and 75 communities, with a household registered population of 423,678 by 2019.

In 2019, the district generated a regional GDP of 104.96 billion yuan ($15.41 billion), up 6.8 percent year-on-year. The total fiscal revenue was up 6.71 percent year-on-year to 17.51 billion yuan, of which the local general public budget revenue came to 9.66 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.04 percent.