Dazhou, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, is the natural gas, energy and chemical industry base in western China, the transportation hub of Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei and Shaanxi, the cultural and commercial center and the central city of ecological livable region. As of 2019, the city has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 4 counties and 1 county-level city, covering an area of 16,600 square kilometers. "Double 130" cities will be completed by 2020. By the end of 2021, the resident population of Dazhou was 5.37 million.

Dazhou, known as "Tongzhou" in ancient times, is located in the hills and valleys parallel to the east of Sichuan Basin in southwest China. It has an archaeological history of nearly 5,000 years and an institutional history of more than 2,300 years. The calendar is the location of counties, prefectures, counties, prefectures, prefectures and roads in this region. It is a city with large population, a city with large agriculture, a city rich in resources, an important industrial town, a transportation hub and an old revolutionary base area. A national Ba cultural highland will be built, and Luojiaba ruins and Chengba ruins are the birthplaces of ancient Ba people and Ba cultural centers in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is one of the three major gas fields and the starting point of the national "Sichuan gas transmission to the East". National demonstration zone for comprehensive development and utilization of natural gas; National key energy resources strategic base (lithium and potassium brine reserves of 2.09 billion cubic meters); Known as "the hometown of the Ba people, the gas capital of China". Dazhou is the strategic fulcrum of the revitalization of the northern wing of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic Circle and the core city of the northeast Sichuan urban agglomeration. Seven regional central cities cultivated and expanded in Sichuan; China's main highway transport hub city; National logistics hub bearing city of trade and trade service, and national green freight distribution demonstration project; Sichuan Province to the east channel of Jiangda Sea; It is the central city of the integrated transportation hub from east to north of Sichuan and the junction of Sichuan, Chongqing and Shaanxi.
In 2021, Dazhou's gross domestic product reached 235.17 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 8.3%.