Qujing, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province, is located in the eastern part of Yunnan Province, at the source of the Pearl River, at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces, adjacent to Xingyi City in Guizhou Province in the east, bordering Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the south, bordering Kunming City in the west, and Zhaotong City in the north, known as the "key of Yunnan and Guizhou" and "throat of Yunnan", 120 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming City, with an area of 28900 square kilometers, It accounts for 13.63% of the area of Yunnan Province. By 2022, Qujing has jurisdiction over 1 city, 3 districts and 5 counties, with a built-up area of 103.5 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Qujing City was 5765775.

Qujing City is located in the Wumeng Mountains in the transition zone from the eastern Yunnan Plateau to the western Guizhou Plateau in the central Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. It is embedded in the lake basin of the central Yunnan Plateau in the west, and gradually inclined to the Guizhou Plateau in the east. In the middle is the watershed zone of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It has the unique language, clothing, customs and beliefs of the eight major ethnic groups, including Yi, Buyi, Zhuang, Miao, and Yao.

Qujing City is an important node of the national "the Belt and Road" initiative, the Yangtze River Economic Belt Strategy, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), and Yunnan's construction of a radiation center facing South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also the radiation driving area of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle, the core area of the central Yunnan urban agglomeration, a national comprehensive transportation hub and a regional circulation node city, the second largest economy and second largest city in Yunnan Province. Qujing has been listed on the "China's Top Ten Livable Cities" list for six times, won the titles of National Ecological Garden City and National Sanitary City, and was listed as the first batch of national comprehensive pilot areas for new urbanization, and was awarded the title of "National Forest City and National Garden City". In 2021, Qujing's GDP will reach 339.4 billion yuan, an increase of 12% over 2020.