Liupanshui, also known as Liangdu, is a prefectural city under the jurisdiction of Guizhou Province. It is located in the Wumeng Mountain area of western Guizhou, the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, the upstream watershed of Yangtze River and Pearl River, and the two sides of Nanpan River and Beipan River basin. It is an important railway hub city and one of the logistics distribution centers in southwest China. Liupanshui has a cool, comfortable, moist and fresh climate with moderate ultraviolet radiation. It has been awarded the title of "Cool Capital of China" by the Chinese Meteorological Society and is a city named after its climatic characteristics. Dwring the Spring and Autumn Period, Liupanshui was originally the area under the jurisdiction of Zangzhe. Warring States period, the city for Yelang territory; Qin unified China, for Ba County Hanyang County dependency.

By 2020, the city's total area of 9914 square kilometers, jurisdiction Liuzhi Special Zone, Panzhou City, Shuicheng District, Zhongshan District 4 county-level administrative regions and 5 provincial economic development zones, 87 towns (streets), according to the seventh census data, Liupanshui City permanent population of 3031602 people.

Liupanshui is the main city of the country's west to east power transmission, and an important industrial base of energy and raw materials in the southwest. Coal, electricity, metallurgy, building materials, walnut milk, potato chips, selene-rich tea, Shancheng beer, mineral water, biological pharmaceuticals and so on constitute an important pillar of the city's economic development.

In 2020, Liupanshui won the sixth National Civilized City. In 2021, the GDP of Liupanshui City reached 147.365 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2% over the previous year.

In 2022, the GDP of Liupanshui reached 150.358 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 0.7%.