Qiubei County is subordinate to Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. Located in the southeast of Yunnan Province, the geographical coordinates are 103 ° 34 ′ - 104 ° 45 ′ E and 23 ° 45 ′ - 24 ° 28 ′ N. It borders Guangnan County across the Qingshui River in the east, Yanshan County and Kaiyuan City in the south, Mile City and Luxi County across the Nanpan River in the west, and Shizong County and Xilin County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the north. The county is 100 kilometers wide from east to west, 70.5 kilometers long from south to north, with a land area of 5038 square kilometers and a cultivated area of 1.82 million mu. The county has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 9 townships, 101 villagers committees (communities) and 1262 natural villages. The county people's government is located in Jinping Town, 1452 meters above sea level, 280 kilometers away from Kunming, the provincial capital, and 114 kilometers away from the capital of Wenshan Prefecture. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Qiubei County was 468172.

On September 25, 2018, it was awarded the honorary title of "2018 Comprehensive Demonstration County of E-commerce in Rural Areas" by the Ministry of Commerce. On May 17, 2020, it officially withdrew from the poverty county sequence.

In 2020, Qiubei County's GDP reached 12.26 billion yuan, up 7.3%, of which the added value of the primary industry reached 3.492 billion yuan, up 5.8% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 3.206 billion yuan, up 11.9% year on year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 5.562 billion yuan, up 5.3% year on year. Investment in fixed assets above designated size was 13.246 billion yuan, up 18.2%.