Meihekou, a county level city administered by Tonghua City of Jilin Province, is a directly administered county level city of Jilin Province. It is a node city in the central and eastern core areas of Jilin Province and a central city in the southeast region. It is located in the southeast of Jilin Province, the north of Tonghua, the west foot of Changbai Mountain and the upstream of Huifa River, and located in the transition zone between Songliao Plain and Changbai Mountain area. In the east, Shuangsheng Village of Xinhe Town is adjacent to Huinan County in the lower reaches of Yitong River. The south and southeast are divided by the watershed, Xinkailing, Pandaoling, Jiguanliazi Mountain and Liuhe County. The border of Baihe River in the southwest, Yangshu River in the upper source and Huashu Village in the west and Qingyuan County, Liaoning Province; The west borders the northwest and Dongfeng County; North and northeast Liangzi River and Panshi City as neighbors.

Meihekou is an important traffic hub in the southeast of Jilin Province and one of the important transportation hubs in the northeast of Jilin Province. It is also an important trade and logistics center in the southeast of Jilin Province and a coal production gathering place.
Meihekou has been awarded the National Model City of Double Support, the National civilized City, the National Health City, the first batch of National Tourism Demonstration Area, the pilot county of the National Intellectual Property Strong County Project, the National Advanced City of Safety Construction, the National Top Ten "Beautiful China · The Most Beautiful Town", the civilized City of Jilin Province, and the pilot city of the directly managed county of Jilin Province

Meihekou City administrative area of 2179 square kilometers. According to the results of the seventh national census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Meihekou City is 509,336, accounting for 2.12% of Jilin Province. In October 2018, Meihekou was selected as one of the "Top 100 Counties of Comprehensive Strength", one of the top 100 counties and cities of national investment potential and one of the top 100 counties and cities of National quality of new urbanization. On October 8, 2019, it was named as the Top 100 counties and cities of National Comprehensive Strength in 2019, the Top 100 counties and cities of National Green Development in 2019, the Top 100 counties and cities of National Green Development in 2019, and the top 100 counties and cities of new urbanization quality in 2019. In November 2019, it was named as the "Four Good Rural Road" national demonstration county. 2019 National Top 100 Counties for Business Environment. National Garden City 2019.