Wusu City is under the jurisdiction of Tacheng District, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, it is adjacent to Karamay City, Kuitun City and Shawan City in the east, Nilek County in the south, Jinghe County in the west, and Tori County in the north. The total area of the city is 20700 square kilometers. There are Kazakh, Han, Uygur, Hui, Mongolian and other nationalities. It has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 7 townships, 3 pastures, 185 village teams, 1 forest farm, 5 street offices and 16 communities. By the end of 2019, the registered residence population of Wusu City was 214600.

Usu was once the territory of the Hesut tribe of Mongolia. In Mongolian, "Kurkara Usu", which means "snow and black water", was included in the territory of the motherland as early as the Western Han Dynasty. Later, the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties stationed troops here. Since the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there has been a bustling ancient post station located on the shore of this beautiful water. The officials and merchants of the imperial court from east to west saw the beautiful scenery and the charm of the West Lake in Hangzhou, so they called it the new "West Lake" of the frontier fortress. The people of all ethnic groups in Wusu not only created material wealth, but also created spiritual wealth in the north and south of Tianshan: "National Model City for Double Support", "National Advanced City for National Unity", "Autonomous Region Health City", "Autonomous Region Advanced City for Spiritual Civilization Construction", "Autonomous Region Advanced City for Propaganda and Ideological Work" and other dozens of honorary titles awarded by Party committees, governments and relevant departments at all levels.

In 2020, the gross regional product of Wusu City will reach 21.418 billion yuan, an increase of 4.7% over the previous year.