Shaowu City, known as the "Iron City", is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, administered by Nanping City, located in northwestern Fujian Province, between latitude 26°55'~27°35'N and longitude 117°2'~117°52'E, with a total area of 2,836.73 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Shaowu has 4 streets, 12 towns, and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, with the municipal people's government stationed at No. 8, Xinjian Road, Zhaoyang Street. As of the end of 2022, the resident population of Shaowu City was 271,000 people.
Shaowu City has a long history, the city has been built more than 1700 years of history, was one of the eight provinces in Fujian, history has produced two prime ministers, seven military ministers, 271 jinshi, October 1983, the withdrawal of the county to establish the city. 2009, was recognized as the Central Soviet District County, was the seat of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, the deep red cultural heritage, with the Central Soviet Memorial Hall, the former site of the Soviet Government of Fujian and Jiangxi Provinces, In 2021, the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee officially set up a teaching site in Jinkeng. There are five national 4A-level scenic spots such as Heping Ancient Town, Yunling Mountain Rafting, and Tiancheng Wonderful Gorge, etc. The forest coverage rate reaches 78.8%, and the proportion of good air quality days reaches 100% all year round, and it has successively been awarded as the national eco-city, the national eco-civilization construction demonstration city, the national "Top 100 Deep Breathing Small Cities", the first batch of whole-area eco-tourism demonstration city in the province, and the forest city in Fujian Province. The city has been awarded the national ecological city, national ecological civilization construction demonstration city, national "100 best deep breath small city", the province's first whole area ecotourism demonstration city, Fujian Province forest city. It has been awarded the title of provincial civilized city for four consecutive years, selected as a nomination city for national civilized city, twice selected as one of the top 100 county-level cities in China in terms of overall well-being index, and honored as a "Safe China Construction Demonstration County" in 2021.
In 2022, Shaowu will realize a GDP of 27.394 billion yuan, an increase of 5.4% over the previous year.