Anshun City, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guizhou Province, is located in the central and western part of Guizhou Province, located in the watershed zone of the Yangtze River system Wujiang River Basin and the Pearl River system Beipanjiang River Basin, forming the central high, north-south bottom; northwest high, southeast low terrain, is the world's typical karst landforms in the concentration of the region, is a typical plateau-type wet subtropical monsoon climate, with a total area of 9,267 square kilometers. As of May 2023, the city has 2 districts and 4 counties under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, Anshun City had a resident population of 2,455,500 people.
Anshun City, known as "the belly of Guizhou, the throat of Yunnan, the lips and teeth of Shu and Guangdong", is an important growth pole of the Qianzhong Economic Zone and an important center city of the Qianzhong Urban Agglomeration; it is a famous historical and cultural city of Guizhou Province with unique historical and cultural relics such as piercing culture, Yelang culture, place name culture, Tunbao culture, etc.; the city's scenic area accounts for more than 12% of the total area; it is one of the earliest places identified by the state as the first A-class city. Above, it is the earliest tourism open city of category A identified by the state, China's excellent tourism city, China's most beautiful city, China's top ten characteristic leisure cities, China's top ten beautiful cities, with 5A scenic spots such as Huangguoshu and Longgong, and a number of national and provincial level demonstrative beautiful countryside and ethnic villages, such as Gao Dang, A Crooked Walled City, Xiu Shui, Xiaohuiwan, Tangyao, and Da Dam, etc. In June 2017, it was named a national sanitary city. in October 2017, it was named national garden city. in October 2020, it was named national double embrace model city (county).
In 2022, Anshun City realized a gross regional product of 108.092 billion yuan.