Heyuan City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province.

Heyuan, also known as Tea City, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. It is located in northeastern Guangdong, the middle and upper reaches of the Dongjiang River, and the upper reaches of the Han River. It is located in the "golden channel" connecting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The city has a total area of ??15,700 square kilometers and governs 1 district and 5 counties, as well as Heyuan National High-tech Zone and Jiangdong New District. As of the end of 2021, Heyuan City has a permanent population of 2.8409 million. In 2021, Heyuan achieved a regional GDP of 127.399 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0% over the previous year

The water environment quality of Heyuan continues to rank first in the province. Luwan Lake and Qinglong Lake are the largest artificial lakes in South China and the second largest artificial lake in Guangdong. Luwan Lake was selected into the first batch of "China's Good Water" water sources. In 2018, the rate of excellent ambient air quality ranked second in the province. The reserves of tungsten, iron, fluorite and rare earths rank first in the province. The world's first ultra-large independent rubidium deposit was discovered in China.

Heyuan is a nominated city for national civilized cities, a national garden city, a national sanitary city, an outstanding tourist city in China, a national model city for double support, a civilized city in Guangdong Province, a national ecological protection and construction demonstration zone, and a national high-quality drinking water city. Water resources development base and one of the top 20 cities in the country for energy conservation and emission reduction. A report from the Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences shows that from 2014 to 2016, Heyuan ranked first in the province for three consecutive years. In 2019, Heyuan ranked first in the regional competitiveness ranking of the five cities in the Northern Ecological Development Zone.

Heyuan local dishes:

Heyuan local famous dishes include Dongjiang stuffed tofu, Yuancheng Sanhuang chicken, Dongyuan Luwan seafood, Heping whole beef feast, Longchuan Chetian tofu, Zijin eight dishes Soup, fried shrimp with leeks, Shanghai cuisine, etc. The dishes in the Heyuan area are mainly Hakka cuisine, which emphasizes "fat, salty and cooked"

Heyuan snacks and specialties include mugs, fried cakes, iron spoon sticks, Longchuan beef tendon cakes, and purple peppers Sauce, rat sticks, steamed cakes, bhajans, nine-fold skin, fried piles, crispy horns, etc.