Ruijin City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province, administered by the city of Ganzhou, is located in the south of Jiangxi Province, at the western foot of the southern section of the Wuyi Mountains, the eastern source of the Gan River and the upper reaches of Gongshui. It borders Changting County in Fujian Province to the east, Huichang County to the south, Yudu County to the west, and Ningdu and Shicheng counties to the north, with a total area of 2,441.40 square kilometers. As of November 2022, the city has 7 towns and 10 townships under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, the city had a household population of 707,230.
On May 18, 1994, it was approved to abolish Ruijin County and establish Ruijin City. Ruijin has a long history and is the red capital, the center of the culture of the Central Soviet Area back then. Ruijin is the cradle of the Republic, the Central Committee of the Central Soviet District period, the birthplace of the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic, the Central Red Army's 25,000-mile Long March departure, is the National Patriotism and Revolutionary Traditions Education Base; is a Chinese red tourism city. Ruijin has four national highways 323, 319, 206 intersection in the city, and another 236 national highway through Ruijin, of which 323 national highway zero starting point in Ruijin's tower under the temple. Gan Long Railway, Ruimei Railway through Ruijin, the city has a 5A-level tourist attractions Ruijin Cradle of the Republic scenic area, but also listed as a national historical and cultural city, China's top ten poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation demonstration counties and cities, but also "no waste city" construction special case city.
In 2022, Ruijin City will realize a gross regional product of 20.841 billion yuan, an increase of 5% over the previous year.