Lianzhou City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, is managed by Qingyuan City. It is located in the northwest of Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, at the upstream of the Xiaobeijiang River, adjacent to Yangshan County in the southeast, Liannan County in the southwest, Lanshan County and Jianghua County in Hunan Province in the northwest, Linwu County in Hunan Province in the north, and Yizhang County in Hunan Province in the northeast. The total area of the city is 2663.33 square kilometers.

Lianzhou City is located at the southern foot of Mengzhu Mountain, which is located in the middle of the Nanling Mountains. It is hilly in the west, north and east, and slightly lower in the middle. It belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, and is affected by the monsoon all the year round. The rivers in the territory belong to the Lianjiang River system, a tributary of the Beijiang River (a branch of the Pearl River).

As of 2014, Lianzhou has jurisdiction over 10 towns and 2 ethnic townships. By the end of 2021, the city's permanent population will be 377800; The registered residence population of the city is 540854.

In 2020, Lianzhou achieved a GDP of 16.121 billion yuan, up 3.3% year on year. In terms of industries, the added value of the primary industry was 4.764 billion yuan, up 3.1% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 4.173 billion yuan, up 5.5% year on year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 7.184 billion yuan, up 2.1% year on year.