Jishui County, belonging to Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, is located in the central part of Jiangxi Province, in the middle reaches of the Gan River, bordering Yongfeng County in the east, Qingyuan District in the south, Jizhou District and Ji'an County in the west, and Xiajiang County in the north, with an area of 2,509.73 square kilometers.At the end of 2022, Jishui County had a total registered population of 566,400 people.
Jishui County is 23 km away from the urban center of Ji'an City, 50 km away from Jinggangshan Airport and 640 km away from Guangzhou in the south, 196 km away from Nanchang in the north, 38 km away from Yongfeng County in the east and 52 km away from Xiajiang County in the north. Gan-Guangdong Expressway, Fuji Expressway, Beijing-Kowloon Railway, 105 National Highway and Gan River water transportation pass through the city. Jishui County is one of the birthplaces of Luling culture, has always been a flourishing literary style, talent, since ancient times is the "article of the state of righteousness, the humanities origin place", there is a "scholar's hometown" reputation, there have been "a door three scholar, two prime ministers across the river, five miles away, two prime ministers, two people in the city, the city is the most important place in the world. Two prime ministers across the river, five miles, three scholar, ten miles, nine Buzheng, nine sons, ten Zhizhou" humanities. Southern Song Dynasty poet Yang Wanli, national hero Wen Tianxiang, "Yongle Canon" general usurper Xie Jin, Jiajing scholar, geographer Luo Hongxian are from Jishui.
In 2022, Jishui County realized a GDP of 22.813 billion yuan, a comparable growth of 5.4%. By industry, the added value of primary industry is 2.974 billion yuan, with a comparable growth of 4.4%; the added value of secondary industry is 9.086 billion yuan, with a comparable growth of 7.2%; and the added value of tertiary industry is 10.752 billion yuan, with a comparable growth of 4.2%.