2. In the first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Youwei was renamed Ningxia Zhongwei, and in the second year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Zhongwei County, which belonged to Ningxia Prefecture, and Haiyuan County belonged to Pingliang Prefecture. In 32 years, Zhongwei County was divided into Zhongwei County and Zhongning County. In 2004, a prefecture-level central defender was established. Zhongwei is a railway hub connecting northwest and north China, and five expressways, including Beijing-Tibet, pass through it. Zhongwei Shapotou Airport is a civil aviation airport. There are natural tourist attractions such as Shapotou Leisure Resort in Zhongwei, cultural and historical attractions such as Shuanglong Grottoes, Zhongwei Damaidi Rock Paintings, Yiwanquan Paleolithic Sites, and national and provincial intangible projects such as sheepskin raft making skills, mountain flowers, mouth strings and Sui and Tang Yangko.
In 3.20 19, Zhongwei achieved a regional GDP of 43.765 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%. In 2020, Zhongwei will achieve a regional GDP of 44.032 billion yuan, an increase of 0.3% over 20 19.