Tongren, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, is commonly known as "Regong" in Tibetan language, meaning the golden Valley where dreams come true. It is located in the southeast of Qinghai Province and is the seat of the people's government of the prefecture. It is adjacent to Xiahe County of Gansu Province in the east, Guide County in the west and Zeku County in the south, and Xunhua County and Jianzha County in the north. It is about 181 kilometers from the provincial capital Xining City. Jurisdiction over 3 towns, 8 townships, a total of 72 administrative villages, 6 communities, a total area of 3275 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, the permanent population of Tongren was 101,519 as of midnight on November 1, 2020.

Tongren is the only national historical and cultural city in Qinghai Province, the source of Tibetan culture, the third national level, the only western cultural ecological protection area, national AAAA level tourist attraction, the hometown of Chinese folk art. There are 34 intangible cultural heritage items at or above the district and county level, and 41 cultural relic protection units of all kinds. Retribute art, Tibetan Township June Association, Tu "Tiger Dance" and Retribute Tibetan opera have been listed in the national intangible Cultural Heritage list, Tongren's staid printing technique has been listed in the national Intangible Cultural Heritage List, and Benjiao Dance, Bao 'an Shehuo, Buddhist music and so on have been listed in the provincial intangible cultural Heritage List.
In 2019, the GDP of Tongren was 358.484 million yuan, the added value of the primary industry was 542.36 million yuan, the added value of the secondary industry was 418.75 million yuan, the revenue of the general public budget was 74.88 million yuan, and the expenditure of the general public budget was 328.217 million yuan.