Gongzhuling City, directly administered by Jilin Province, is administered by Changchun City. Gongzhuling City is located in the middle west of Jilin Province, on the right bank of the middle reaches of the East Liao River. Located between 124°02′ and 125°18′ E and 43°11′ and 44°09′ n. The easternmost point begins in Liu Xiaowu Village, Xiangshui Town, the westernmost point ends in Weizi Litun, Sangshu Tai Village, the southernmost point starts in Erlongtun, Longshan Township construction village, and the northernmost point ends in Shuangcastle Town agate Village Bao Ziyan Tun. The city is 106 kilometers wide from east to west and 111 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 4058 square kilometers. The city is adjacent to Yitong Manchu Autonomous County in the south and southeast, Chaoyang District of Changchun and Nongan County in the east and northeast respectively, Changling County in the north, Shuangliao City in the west, Lishu County across the East Liao River. The city is vast, north wide south narrow, like a crescent moon, depending on the East Liao River. According to the seventh census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Gongzhuling was 862,313.

In November 2013, Gongzhuling came under the direct administration of Jilin Province and was granted the economic and social management authority of prefecture-level cities. In 2014, Gongzhuling ranked 93rd among the top 100 counties in China. In 2015, Gongzhuling ranked the 75th in China's county comprehensive competitiveness. In 2015, Gongzhuling City was approved as the national pilot comprehensive reform of small and medium-sized cities (61 pilot areas nationwide). National intellectual property strong county project pilot county (district).

On October 22, 2018, it was selected into the list of leading areas for the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in the country in 2018. The quality of farmers' cooperatives in the whole county to promote pilot units.
In 2020, the gross domestic product of Gongzhuling reached 30.99 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 2%; Revenue from the general public budget reached 2.92 billion yuan, up 11.9% year on year; Local government revenue reached 1.52 billion yuan, up 9.5% year on year; Expenditure in the general public budget is 8.6 billion yuan, up 1.2% year on year; The total industrial output value reached 16.1 billion yuan, up 5.5% year on year, and the added value increased 4% year on year.