Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, under the jurisdiction of Chongqing City. It is located on the south bank of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, east of Chongqing, and the heart of the Three Gorges Reservoir. It is one of the habitats of the Tujia nationality formed by the integration of the ancient Ba people and other ethnic groups. It is bordered by Lichuan City, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei Province in the east, Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing City in the south, Fengdu County in Chongqing City in the southwest, Zhong County in Chongqing in the northwest, and Wanzhou District in Chongqing City in the north. The total area is 3014 square kilometers.
, Shizhu County has 3 streets, 17 towns, and 13 townships: Nanbin, Wan'an, Xialu 3 streets, Xituo, Huangshui, Yuelai, Linxi, Mawu, Shasha, Wangchang, and Yan Xi, Longsha, Yuchi, Sanhe, Daxie, Qiaotou, Wanchao, Lengshui, Yellow Crane, Maple, Lichang, Sanxing, Liutang, Sanyi, Wangjia, Hezui, Shijia, Zhongyi, Xixin, Longtan, Xinle, Jinling, Jinzhu 13 townships, 205 villages, 37 community residents committees, 1191 villager groups, and 166 community residents' groups.
In 2018, the regional GDP of Shizhu County was 17.597 billion yuan, an increase of 4.7% over 2017. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 2.438 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2%; the added value of the secondary industry was 7.488 billion yuan, an increase of 2.1%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 7.671 billion yuan, an increase of 7.2%. The contribution rates of the three industries to regional economic growth were 15.3%, 19.2% and 65.5%. The ratio of the three industrial structures is 13.9:42.6:43.5. The added value of the private economy was 9.97 billion yuan, an increase of 4.7%, accounting for 56.7% of the regional GDP.
