Chenzhou, also known as "Fucheng", is a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province. "Chen" means a town in the forest. Chenzhou, known as "the Land of nine immortals and two Buddhas" since ancient times, is a blessed place for the development of Taoism and Buddhism.

Chenzhou is located in central China, southeast of Hunan Province, where Nanling Mountains and Luoxiao Mountains crisscross and the Yangtze River and the Pearl River diverge. Ganzhou of Jiangxi Province in the east, Shaoguan of Guangdong Province in the south, Yongzhou of Hunan Province in the west, Hengyang and Zhuzhou of Hunan Province in the north, known as the "South gate" of Hunan; The total area of the city is 19,387 square kilometers. Chenzhou is located in the subtropical climatic zone, the terrain inclines from southeast to northwest. It has jurisdiction over 2 municipal districts, 1 county-level city and 8 counties. By the end of 2021, the permanent population of Chenzhou City was 4,657,900.

Chenzhou has convenient transportation, including Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed Railway, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, Xiamar-Chengdu Expressway, 107 National Highway, 106 National Highway, etc.

Chenzhou has a rich historical and cultural heritage, including Li Sicong and other cultural celebrities. It is also the hometown of Deng Zhongxia, Huang Kecheng and Zeng Zhongsheng, as well as the location of the Southern Hunan Uprising. At the same time, it has rich and colorful historical and cultural relics and scenic spots such as Donghu Lake, Suxian Mountain, Wanhua Rock and Mangshan National Forest Park.

On January 29, 2021, it was selected into the list of regions with remarkable achievements in 2020 published by Hunan Provincial People's Government. In 2021, the gross domestic product of Chenzhou reached 277.01 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8% over the previous year at constant prices.