Lushui City (Lushui County), a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, is located in the west of Yunnan Province, bordering Fugong County in the north, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County in the northeast, Yunlong County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in the east, Longyang District of Baoshan City in the south, Tengchong City in the southwest, and Myanmar in the west, with a total area of 3203.04 square kilometers, and a border line of 136.24 kilometers, It accounts for 3.36% of the border of Yunnan Province. By 2022, Lushui has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 2 streets, 2 townships and 1 nationality township. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Lushui City was 203977.

There are 21 ethnic groups, including Lisu, Bai and Nu, living in Lushui, and the minority population accounts for 87% of the total population. Lushui City is located in the longitudinal valley of Hengduan Mountains, and the magnificent, dangerous and beautiful canyons, mountains and rivers are an important part of the "three parallel rivers" world natural heritage and the Shangri-La ecotourism area in China.

On September 25, 2018, Lushui was awarded the honorary title of "2018 Comprehensive Demonstration County of E-commerce in Rural Areas" by the Ministry of Commerce. On November 13, 2020, Lushui City was approved by the People's Government of Yunnan Province to withdraw from the poverty-stricken county (city) sequence. In August 2021, Lushui was selected as the national key county for rural revitalization. In 2021, the gross regional product of Lushui City will reach 8726.04 million yuan, up 6.6% year on year.