Shangri-La, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, which means "the sun and moon in the heart" in Tibetan, is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, the hinterland of the Hengduan Mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and is the junction of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet; Shangri-La City covers a total area of 11613 square kilometers and governs 7 townships and 4 towns. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Shangri-La was 186412.

Shangri-La appeared in the novel "The Lost Horizon" by the British writer James Hilton in the 1930s and was yearned for by the world. Soon it was made into a film of the same name and won many Oscar awards, making it even more known to the world. Shangri-La Tibetan area has a long history and beautiful natural scenery. It has many scenic spots, such as Pudacuo National Park, Dukezong Ancient City, Kardan Songzanlin Temple, Tiger Leaping Gorge and so on. On April 30, 2019, the People's Government of Yunnan Province decided to withdraw Shangri-La from the poverty county sequence. In November 2019, Shangri-La was named as the "Four Good Rural Roads" national demonstration county. China's top 100 summer leisure counties and cities in 2020. On October 20, 2020, it was selected into the list of national model cities (counties) for mutual support. In August 2021, it was selected as the national key county for rural revitalization.

In 2020, Shangri-La has achieved a total regional GDP of 16153.64 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.1% at comparable prices.