Ruzhou City (Ruzhou City) generally refers to Ruzhou (one of the 10 pilot counties directly under the jurisdiction of Henan Province)

Ruzhou City is one of the 10 pilot counties directly under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, and its administrative division belongs to Pingdingshan City, Henan Province. It is located in the central and western part of Henan Province. Before its establishment, it was called Linru County. It got its name because the North Ru River runs through the whole territory. It covers a total area of 1573 square kilometers, has a total population of 1.2 million, and has jurisdiction over 21 towns, townships and 459 administrative villages. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, there were 974541 permanent residents in Ruzhou.

Ruzhou is the administrative office of counties and prefectures in previous dynasties. Since the Sui Dynasty established Ruzhou in 606 AD, it has a history of more than 1400 years.

Ruzhou is 90km away from the provincial capital Zhengzhou, 70km from Luoyang, 60km from Pingdingshan. Jiaozhi (Liuzhou) Railway, Nanjing Luoyang Expressway, Erguang Expressway, and Lintong Expressway pass through the territory. It is accessible to Zhengzhou International Airport and Luoyang Airport within an hour traffic circle. The completed and planned Zhengzhou Wanzhou High speed Railway, Zhengzhou Luoyang Intercity Railway, Luoyang Luozhou High speed Railway, and Sanyo Railway are close to or set up stations in Ruzhou.

There are 852 tourist attractions in Ruzhou, 20 key cultural relics protection units above the provincial level, including 10 national key cultural relics protection units, 2 4A level scenic spots such as Fengxue Temple and Jiufeng Mountain, and 5 3A level scenic spots such as Strange Slope, China Ru Porcelain Town, Danyang Lake, Ru Water Bay, and Ru River Beach Park.

Ruzhou is a national garden city, a national health city, a national greening model city, and the sixth national civilized city. It has been rated as the second batch of cities meeting the national standard for water-saving social construction, the provincial water ecological civilization city, the first batch of provincial tourism demonstration cities, the first batch of provincial forest cities, and has won the titles of China's Top Ten Green Cities, the national cultural and tourism integration characteristic innovation demonstration city, and the capital of Ru porcelain in China, The Sponge City Project won the China Habitat Environment Example Award, and the implementation of PPP projects and the economical and intensive use of land were commended by the State Council.

In 2021, the gross domestic product of Ruzhou will exceed 50 billion yuan for the first time, reaching 53.456 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2%; General public budget revenue reached 3.768 billion yuan, up 6.8%.