Lishui, formerly known as Chuzhou, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, located in the Yangtze River Delta, southwest of Zhejiang Province, bordering Wenzhou in the southeast, Ningde and Nanping in Fujian Province in the southwest, Quzhou in the northwest, Jinhua in the north and Taizhou in the northeast. The terrain is dominated by mountains and hills, sloping from southwest to northeast, belonging to subtropical monsoon climate.
The city has 1 municipal district and 7 counties, and manages 1 county-level city, with the area of municipal district 1.73 million square kilometers. The municipal government is located in Liandu. By the end of 2022, the resident population of Lishui City was 2510.5 million.
1949 10, Lishui area was established; On July 9, 2000, the administrative office was abolished and Lishui City was established. Lishui is known as the "Green Valley of Zhejiang", with 3,573 peaks with an altitude of 1 1,000m, Huangmaojian Peak in fengyangshan of Longquan City with an altitude of 1 1,929m, and Baishanzu in qingyuan county with an altitude of 1 1,856.7m, which are the first and second peaks in Zhejiang Province respectively.
Lishui is a national civilized city, a national ecological demonstration zone, a national ecological protection and construction demonstration zone, an excellent tourist city in China, an excellent eco-tourism city in China and a forest city in Zhejiang Province. It is one of the first batch of pilot projects and the third batch of social credit system construction demonstration zones in Zhejiang Province. There are many A-level scenic spots in the city, among which Jinyun Xiandu Scenic Area has become a national 5A-level tourist scenic spot.
In 2022, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Lishui City was183087 billion yuan, an increase of 4.0% over the previous year, of which the added value of the primary industry was 1 177 1 100 million yuan, the added value of the secondary industry was 705,954.38 billion yuan, and the added value of the tertiary industry was 65,500 million yuan. The tertiary industry structure is 6.4:38.6:55.0. The per capita GDP was 728 12 yuan, an increase of 3.9% over the previous year.