Xichou County, a county under the jurisdiction of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, is located in the southeast of Yunnan Province and in the south-central part of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture; The terrain rises from the middle to the west and is lower in the southeast; It belongs to subtropical low-latitude mountain monsoon climate zone; The total area is 1506 square kilometers, including 1135 square kilometers of exposed and semi-exposed karst area, which governs 2 towns and 7 townships. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Xichou County was 203630.

In Xichou County, there are Nanjiang Martyrs Cemetery, Xiaoqiaogou Provincial Nature Reserve, Xiangpingshan Rare Botanical Garden, "Lion Hill Cliff Painting", and the Paleolithic site of Xisa Xianren Cave. In December 2019, it became a pilot unit for the construction of the national rural governance system. On June 4, 2021, Xichou County was included in the list of pilot counties for water system connectivity and water beauty rural construction in 2021.

In 2020, Xichou County's GDP reached 5635.25 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.3% at comparable prices. From the perspective of industries, the added value of the primary industry was 1568.61 million yuan, up 5.5%, driving the GDP growth by 1.4 percentage points, and contributing 22.2% to GDP; The added value of the secondary industry was 1398.21 million yuan, an increase of 8.0%, driving GDP growth by 2.3 percentage points, and contributing 36.3% to GDP; The added value of the tertiary industry was 266.843 million yuan, an increase of 5.6%, driving the growth of GDP by 2.6 percentage points, and contributing 41.5% to GDP. The proportion of the three industries is 27.8: 24.8: 47.4. The per capita GDP reached 27289 yuan, up 8.9%. Non-public economy has developed steadily, achieving an added value of 265077 million yuan, an increase of 6.7%, accounting for 47.0% of the county's GDP.