Luzhou was an important town in the southwest in the Song Dynasty, and in the Ming Dynasty, it became one of the 33 commercial metropolises in China. It has formed five characteristic tourism resources represented by famous wine culture, ecological culture, red culture, historical culture and Yangtze River culture.
Luzhou is one of the seven regional central cities in Sichuan, the second largest container terminal in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the third largest airport in Sichuan. It is also the third batch of national new urbanization comprehensive pilot areas and cross-border electronic commerce comprehensive experimental area; World-class liquor industry base, national important food industry base, renewable chemical industry base, clean energy production base, national high-performance hydraulic components high-tech industrialization base, and one of the nine national construction machinery production bases.
Luzhou has successively won the United Nations Best Model Award for Improving Human Settlements, China Top People's Livelihood Development 100, National Health City, China Excellent Tourism City, National Forest City, National Garden City, National Civilized City and National Water Ecological Civilized City.