Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County is located in the southeast of Chongqing. By the end of 2016, Pengshui Autonomous County covers an area of 3903 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 18 towns and 18 townships. There are 12 ethnic groups, including Han, Miao, Tujia, Mongol and Dong. It is an autonomous county of ethnic minorities in Chongqing, with the largest population of Miao and Tujia in China.

According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Pengshui County is 530599.

In 2021, the annual gross regional product (GDP) will reach 27.012 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 3.948 billion yuan, up 8.8%; The added value of the secondary industry was 10.272 billion yuan, up 11.1%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 12.792 billion yuan, up 5.4%. The contribution rates of the three industries to economic growth were 16.9%, 49.6% and 33.5%, respectively, driving economic growth by 1.3, 3.9 and 2.7 percentage points. The ratio of the three industrial structures was adjusted to 14.6:38.0:47.4 from 15.2:32:52.3 last year.

Pengshui Autonomous County is a tourist and leisure resort with Chinese characteristics, and has won the honorary titles of "China's Best Cultural and Leisure Tourism County", "Chinese Bee Town", "National Folk Culture and Art Town", etc. In October 2017, it was named the National Garden County by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.