Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora L.Blossom of pomegranate Punica granatum L. Chinese Rose Shiyan (Chinese: 十堰; pinyin: Shíyàn) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei, China, bordering Henan to the northeast, Chongqing to the southwest, and Shaanxi to the north and west.

[7]: 183  During the 1960s, Mao Zedong and other government officials, fearing upheaval and invasion, sought to establish industry in more remote locations.

[8] Shiyan, located in a portion of northwest Hubei then known for its poverty, was then a small village comprising a few hundred households.

[8][9] In 1967, teams of workers and engineers were first sent to Shiyan to survey sites for automotive plants and factories (Second Automobile Works, predecessor of Dongfeng Motor Corporation).

[9] In subsequent decades, the city experienced great economic growth due to these facilities, which employed nearly 200,000 workers.

[5][8] In 2003, Dongfeng Motors relocated its main passenger car plant to Wuhan, resulting in population decline within Shiyan.

[6]: 3  The central government relocated 317,200 people throughout Henan and Hebei, including many in Danjiangkou, a county-level city in Shiyan, for the creation of this project.

[9] The peak commonly referred to as "Wudang Mountain", or in Mandarin Wudangshan, is one of the most important cultural centres of the Taoist faith.

[12]: 9 Shiyan's total area is subject to major change as part of the South to North water diversion project of the Han River.

[13]: 16  This disparity likely represents migrants who left Shiyan, working in larger cities with higher wages, a common trend throughout China.

[13]: 20 Shiyan is a major center of the automobile industry in China since being chosen as the site of Dongfeng Motors predecessor Second Auto.

[9] It previously served as the headquarters of Dongfeng Motors, a major Chinese truck, bus, and heavy goods vehicle company.

[23] In recent decades, the automotive industry in Shiyan has shrunk, largely due to increasing production in larger cities with better transit links.

[25] Dongfeng and its partner Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance are nowadays producing electric vehicles in Shiyan,[26][27] including the Renault KZE and Dacia Spring.

[9] The peak commonly referred to as "Wudang Mountain", or in Mandarin Wudangshan, is one of the most important cultural centres of the Taoist faith.

[13]: 295 People from Shiyan traditionally speak in Henan's Nanyang dialect, however due to the large number of migrants, Standard Chinese is commonly spoken.

[30][needs update] The Wuhan–Shiyan high-speed railway completed track laying in June 2019,[31] and opened to passengers on 29 November 2019.