The most common non‐deletional genotypes of α‐thalassemia were αQSα/αα (3.63%), followed by αCSα/αα (1.47%) and αWSα/αα (0.99%), which were the same as those in Chongqing and slightly different from those in Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan,16, 17, 18, 19 and were speculated to be related to regional population and other genetic factors. The gene discussed is ACSS2; the disease is thalassemia.