Luyi County, the ancient name of bitter county, Minglu, belongs to the city of Zhoukou, Henan Province, for the province of Henan Province, is located in the northeastern part of the city of Zhoukou, between latitude 33 ° 43 ´ 3" to 34 ° 5 ´ 32", longitude 115 ° 2 ´ 55" to 115 ° 37 ´ 50", belongs to the temperate monsoon climate, is located in the middle reaches of the Eddy River of the Yellow River-Huaihuai Plains, the junction of the Henan and Anhui Provinces, is the connection between the Central Plains Economic Zone and the economic zone of the Wanjiang River, It is a hub city connecting the Central Plains Economic Zone, the Anhui River Economic Zone and the Yangtze River Delta, with a total area of 1,238 square kilometers. According to the seventh population census data, as of zero hour on November 1, 2020, Luyi County has a total resident population of 958,617 people. The territory of Luyi originally belonged to the state of Li in Yuzhou, and the bitter county was first set up during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods; in June 1968, Luyi County belonged to Zhoukou Region; in June 2000, Luyi County was reorganized into Zhoukou City. As of June 2020, Luyi County has a total of 4 streets, 13 towns, and 7 townships under its jurisdiction. Luyi County is the birthplace of Laozi, the founder of Chinese Taoism, and one of the birthplaces of Taoism in China; it has the cultures of "the hometown of Laozi, the source of Taoism, the ancestor of Taoism, and the root of the Li family name", etc. In November 2011, Luyi County was approved by the China Federation of Literary and Artistic Associations, and the Central Propaganda Department filed a record of being the "Hometown of Chinese Laozi Culture". "On February 28, 2012, Luyi County was selected as one of the "National Model Cities of Double Embrace".On November 1, 2017, Luyi County was approved by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development as a national garden city. In 2020, Luyi County's GDP will be 42.08 billion yuan, an increase of 2.9%.