Wangcheng was formed from a portion of Changsha County, dividing the Changsha County into 2 counties of Changsha and Wangcheng in 1951, remergeing into the Changsha County in 1957, recreating in December 1977 based on the original area at its abolishment in 1957. The former Wangcheng County was reorganized to Wangcheng District of Changsha on 20 May 2011. The name "Wangcheng" originated from the county seat where it was located in Wangchengpo, on the west bank of the Xiang River in Changsha. At the time the county was formed, the county seat was transferred to Gaotangling, the south side of the Wei River mouth in 1952.
Geography
Located in the central north of Changsha, in the low reaches of the Xiang River, Wangcheng adjoins east to Changsha county, Miluo, north to Xiangyin, the Heshan District of Yiyang, west to Ningxiang, southwest to the Yuelu, southeast to the Kaifu. It covers an area of 951.06 sq. kilometers, accounting for 8.05% of Changsha; as one of six urban districts, it shares 49.8% of Changsha urban area.
Subdivision
According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Wangcheng District on November 19, 2015, Wangcheng has 10 subdistricts and 5 towns under its jurisdiction. they are: ;10 subdistricts
According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, the gross domestic product of Wangcheng District in 2017 was 65,876 million yuan, up by 11.2 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 4,553 million yuan, up by 5.5 percent, that of the secondary industry was 46,742 million yuan, up by 11.4 percent and that of the tertiary industry was 14,581 million yuan, up by 12.4 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 6.91 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 70.95 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 22.13 percent. The per capita GDP by year-end household population in 2017 was about 109,000 yuan. Wangcheng Economic and Technological Development Zone was established on 13 July 2000, upgraded to an ETZ at state level on 15 February 2014. It covers Baishazhou, Huangjinyuan, Jinshanqiao and Wushan 4 subdistricts. It has an approved area of and a planning area of. The dominant industriesin the zone are non-ferrous metalnew materials, food, electronic information and business logistics. As of 2015, there are 635 registered enterprises, 32 of the total are public or the global Top500 companies. The total industrial gross output in the zone hits 77 billion yuan and the industrial added value is 20 billion yuan.
