Yongren County is a county under the jurisdiction of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, and is the largest mountain county with the largest number of Yi people in Chuxiong Prefecture. It is located in the north of central Yunnan, the fortress of Yunnan and Sichuan, and the north gate of Yunnan for the economic development of Sichuan and Yunnan. Yongren County covers a total area of 2150 square kilometers and governs 4 townships and 3 towns. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Yongren County was 97985.

On April 30, 2019, the People's Government of Yunnan Province decided to withdraw Yongren County from the poverty-stricken county sequence. In September 2020, it was awarded the title of "Provincial Model Collective of National Unity and Progress" in Yunnan Province.

In 2020, the GDP of Yongren County increased by 6.3% to 5.501 billion yuan, ranking the seventh in the state. Among them, the primary industry increased by 5.6% to 1.365 billion yuan, the secondary industry increased by 9.6% to 1.674 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry increased by 4.1% to 2.462 billion yuan. The added value of industries above designated size increased by 6.4%; Investment in fixed assets above designated size increased by 2.1%; The total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 3.1% to 1.201 billion yuan, ranking the fourth in the state; The revenue and expenditure of the general public budget of local finance increased by 3.1% and 3.0% respectively, ranking the second and sixth in the state; The per capita disposable income of urban and rural permanent residents increased by 4.8% and 7.8% respectively, ranking second and fourth in the prefecture.