The name of Anqing began in the seventeenth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1147) "changed the Deqing Army to the Anqing Army" as the name of the military number, and was named by "Tong'an County" (the Sui Dynasty was established in the third year of the great cause, and the Tong'an was governed by Tong'an, now Tongcheng) and "Deqing Army" (the Northern Song Dynasty was established in the fifth year of Zhenghe, and the Huaining was governed by Huaining, now Meicheng, Qianshan County) each took one word and named it, containing the meaning of "peace and auspiciousness". In the first year of Qingyuan (1195), "Emperor Ningzong of the Southern Song Dynasty was the residence of Emperor Ningzong, and Shuzhou was promoted to the old Anqing Mansion" (the ancient Anhui City of Qianshan is now governed), and the name of the house was also made. The ancient name of Shuzhou is "Shengtang County", which can be seen in the literature, and the earliest is that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty toured here in the fifth year of Yuanfeng (106 BC) to "make the song of the Tang Dynasty". The station of the new Anqing City today is called Yichengdu. The original name of the Dengyun slope of its place was Shengtang Mountain, and the river under the mountain was the ancient ferry port of Shengtang Bay. According to legend, Guo Pu, a poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and a feng shui artist, once climbed Tangshan to watch the Yangtze River, and there was a saying of "Yicheng here", so Anqing City was also called "Yicheng".

Anqing City was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the tenth year of Jiading (1217), the Jin people broke the light mountain (now the land of Huangchuan County, Henan), and there were many police along the border. The prefect Huang Gan built the "city of Anqing to prepare for war" at the old site of Shuzhou (now Meicheng, Qianshan County); Later, due to the war, Anqing Mansion moved to Rakshasa Continent and Yangchazhou in the second year of Duanping (1235); In the first year of Jingding (1260), Ma Guangzu, the ambassador of the Yangtze River, abolished Shuzhou Mansion in order to prevent the Mongol army from attacking Lin'an (now Hangzhou City), the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, and "used the bricks and stones of the original Shuzhou Mansion city wall to rebuild it in Yicheng (Shengtang Bay, Yichengdu Zhiyin) as the new Anqing Mansion" (the site is in present-day Anqing City), and moved Huaining County to govern Guo. This place, on the verge of the Yangtze River, is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since then, the government has been stable, and "Anqing" has been used as a town name, and it is consistent with the name of the administrative district (government, province, prefecture, etc.), and it has been used to this day.

After the establishment of Anqing until the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was the governance of Anqing Prefecture and Huaining County, and it was the special office during the Republic of China. Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the governor has also guarded here. From the 25th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1760) to the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), it was also the place where the political envoy of Anhui Province and the capital of Anhui Province (Anhui Province) were located.

On April 23, 1949, Anqing was liberated. In the same year, Anqing City was established, led by the Anqing Special Administration. It belongs to the southern Anhui administration area, and is stationed in Anqing City, with jurisdiction over Anqing City and Huaining (stationed in Shipai Town), Wangjiang, Susong, Taihu Lake (stationed in Jinxi Town), Yuexi (stationed in Yaqian Town), Qianshan (stationed in Meicheng Town), Tongcheng and Tonglu (disposed of by Tongcheng County, stationed in Tangjiagou) and other 8 counties. In 1951, Tonglu County was renamed Hudong County.

In 1952, Anqing Prefecture was under the leadership of Anhui Province. Anqing City was changed to be directly under the jurisdiction of the province. The five counties of Tongling, Guichi (Zhuchizhou Town), Qingyang (Zhurong Town), Zhide (Zhuqiupu) and Dongliu belonging to the original Chizhou Prefecture were included in the Anqing Prefecture. In 1954, Hudong County was relocated from Tanggou Town to Zongyang Town, and in 1955, Hudong County was renamed Zongyang County. In 1956, Zhide County moved to Yaodu Town. In 1958, Tongling County was abolished and merged into Tongguanshan City, which was originally directly under the jurisdiction of the province, was renamed Tongling City and placed under the leadership of Anqing Special Administration. In 1959, the two counties of Dongliu and Zhide were merged into Dongzhi County (Zhuyaodu Town). In 1960, Anqing City, which was originally directly under the jurisdiction of the province, entrusted the leadership of the Anqing Special Administration to restore Tongling County (stationed in the original county seat) in part of Tongling City. In 1961, the two cities of Anqing and Tongling were changed to be directly under the jurisdiction of the province. In 1965, Anqing City was assigned to the leadership of the Anqing Special Administration, and the four counties of Tongling, Guichi, Qingyang and Dongzhi were assigned to the Chizhou Prefecture.

In 1970, Anqing Prefecture was renamed Anqing District, and the district was located in Anqing City. It has jurisdiction over 8 counties, including Anqing City and Tongcheng, Zongyang, Huaining (Zhushipai Town), Wangjiang, Susong, Taihu, Yuexi and Qianshan (Zhumei Town).

In 1979, Anqing City was changed to the provincial government. In 1988, Anqing District was abolished, and Tongcheng County, Huaining County, Zongyang County, Qianshan County, Taihu County, Susong County, Wangjiang County, and Yuexi County were assigned to Anqing City.