Rucheng County, part of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, is located in southeastern Hunan Province, bordering Chongyi County to the east, Renhua County and Lechang City to the south, Yizhang County to the west, and Zixing City and Guidong County to the north, with a total area of 2,400 square kilometers. As of June 2023, Rucheng County has 9 towns and 5 townships under its jurisdiction.In 2022, Rucheng County had a resident population of 341,500 people.
Rucheng, known as the "chicken singing three provinces, water injection three rivers". In 1995, Rucheng was transferred to Chenzhou City. Rucheng County is a national garden county, national health county, China's characteristics of agricultural products advantageous area, China's hot springs hometown, China's ancient ancestral halls of the hometown, Hunan Province, inter-county border demonstration county, Hunan Province, historical and cultural cities.On March 1, 2019, the Hunan Provincial People's Government approved the withdrawal of Rucheng County from the sequence of poverty-stricken counties.
In 2022, the gross regional product of Rucheng County was 10.818 billion yuan, an increase of 5.7% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of primary industry is 1.964 billion yuan, the added value of secondary industry is 2.986 billion yuan; the added value of tertiary industry is 5.867 billion yuan, an increase of 5.1%.