Chengbu means the city by the water. Chengbu Miao Autonomous County green food production base in South China; Hunan Province Bamboo Forest and timber forestry key base county of one million mu and the largest wind power generation area, belongs to Shaoyang City of Hunan Province, located in the southwest of Hunan Province, is the Miao autonomous county of Hunan Province, is approved by The State Council in 1956, one of the five separate Miao autonomous counties. It covers an area of 2,647 square kilometers. Chengbu Miao Autonomous County is located in the subtropical monsoon humid climate zone, belongs to the subtropical mountain climate, is located in the Xuefeng mountains and the head of Nanling Yuechengling mountains intersection, south bordering Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 432 kilometers from the provincial capital Changsha, 206 kilometers from Shaoyang City, 210 kilometers from Guilin city. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Chengbu Miao Autonomous County was 227,911.
In 2015, Chengbu Miao Autonomous County covers an area of 2646.07 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 7 towns and 5 townships. The people's government of the county is based in Chengbei Community of Rulin Town. In 2020, the GDP of Chengbu Miao Autonomous County reached 564.606 million yuan, up 3.8 percent year on year.

On February 29, the People's Government of Hunan Province agreed to remove Chengbu Miao Autonomous County from the poverty-stricken county.