Hezhou, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, at the junction of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces. It borders Huaiji, Lian and Lianshan counties of Guangdong Province in the east, Jiangyong and Jianghua counties of Hunan Province in the north, Guilin City in the west, and Wuzhou City in the south. It is located at latitude 23°39'0"-25°09'0" in the north. East longitude between 111°05 '0 "and 112°03' 0". By October 2021, Hezhou has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 3 counties, with a total area of 11,753 square kilometers. By the end of 2021, the permanent population of Hezhou is 2,493,200.

Hezhou has been a thoroughfare of Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan provinces since ancient times, and has retained historical and cultural deposits spanning thousands of years. There are ancient road culture based on Xiaohe Ancient Road, folk customs culture based on Nanling national culture, and mining culture based on tin mining and smelting. Before the Spring and Autumn period, Hezhou belonged to Cotoe; Cangwu County was set up in the Han Dynasty, Linhe County in The Three Kingdoms, Hezhou County in the Sui Dynasty, Pingle Prefecture and Wuzhou Prefecture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In 1997, Hezhou District was established; In 2002, The State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the cancellation of Hezhou area set up Hezhou City.

Hezhou is a subtropical monsoon climate, with abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall, rain and heat in the same season, dry and wet seasons, long frost-free period and other characteristics, is one of the key forest areas in Guangxi. By the end of 2020, the forest land area of Hezhou was 897,500 hectares, with a forest coverage rate of 72.65 percent. On October 23, 2019, Hezhou City was announced as "the third batch of demonstration cities for controlling Black and smelly water bodies". In September 2020, Hezhou City was announced by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development as the second batch of cities with prefabricated buildings.

In 2021, the GDP of Hezhou reached 90.921 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 13.9%; The added value of the primary industry was 16.463 billion yuan, up by 9.5%; The added value of the secondary industry was 34.537 billion yuan, up by 20.4%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 39.92 billion yuan, up by 11.0%.