Under the jurisdiction of Hubei, there are 1 sub-provincial city, 11 municipalities, 1 autonomous prefecture, 3 sub-prefecture cities, 24 county-level cities, 37 counties, 2 autonomous counties, 1 forest region and 38 municipal districts.

Wuhan city, the capital of Hubei Province, is the center of economy, technology, education and culture in central China and in the middle stream of Yangtze River.

Taking Wuhan as the center of a circle, within 1200 kilometers, you can reach Beijing and Tianjin in the north, Guangzhou and Hong Kong in the south, Shanghai and Hangzhou in the east, and Chengdu and Xi’an in the west, covering 70％ of the large and medium sized cities in China.

Wuhan has a population of 8.75 million, covering 8,494.41 square kilometers, with GDP in 2007 of 314.2 billion RMB yuan, 15.6% over the previous year.