Dunhua City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province, is the "west gate" of Yanbian Prefecture, located in the eastern mountainous area of Jilin Province, the hinterland of Changbai Mountain, is located in Changji map development and opening pilot node cities, a total area of 11957 square kilometers, is the largest county-level city in Jilin Province, an important transportation hub of Jilin Province, It is connected to Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, four districts, nine counties and cities. As of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Dunhua City is 392,486. As of October 2021, Dunhua Municipality has jurisdiction over 11 towns, 5 townships, 4 subdistricts and 5 township units. Municipal people's Government in Democratic Street Xinhua Road No. 1001-2.

Dunhua, known as "the ancient capital of a thousand years and a hundred years county", was the capital of Bohai State in the Tang Dynasty and Aodong City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was the birthplace of the Manchu royal family. Qing Guangxu seven years (1881), set up a county, named Dunhua; In 1958, the prefectural counties were incorporated into Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, and in 1985, the prefectural counties were set up as cities.
In 2020, the GDP of Dunhua was 13.723 billion yuan, an increase of 2.3% over the previous year. The value added of the primary industry was 2.335 billion yuan, up by 2.3%; The added value of the secondary industry was 4.249 billion yuan, up by 5.7%; The value added of the tertiary industry was 7.139 billion yuan, up by 0.1%. The per capita GDP of the city was 30,531 yuan, an increase of 3.4%.