Geographical Conditions
Luzhou is situated in the northeast of Sichuan province, a meeting place of Sichuan, Guizhou and Chongqing, with a longitude 105o 08’ 41” E~ 106o 28’E and latitude 27o 39’ N~29o 20’N. Covering a total area of 12246.87 sq km, it is 121.64 km long from east to west and 181.84 km wide from south to north. As a prefecture-level city of Sichuan with a registered population of 4.8 million, Luzhou is 267 km away from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, and adjacent to Chongqing in the east, bordering Guizhou and Yunnan provinces in the south, Yibing city and Zizhong city in the west, Chongqing and Neijiang in the north. The city governs 7 administrative divisions, including 3 districts (Jiangyang, Longma, Naxi ) and 4 counties ( Luxian, Hejiang, Xuyong, Gulin ).

Owning to its position in the southern peripheral area of Sichuan Basin and the connective region with Yunnan and Guizhou plateau, the hypsography of Luzhou is characterized by the river valise, hills, and level lands in the north and highland, mountains, sheer valise and rushing rivers in the south, which bring thriving fishing and agriculture to the northern area and rich forest and mineral resources to the southern region respectively. The lowest part is 203 meters, which lies on the surface of Yangtze river in Jiucengyan, Hejiang county while the highest one located at the peak of Liangzi mountain, Xuyong county, reaching 1902 meters. Moreover, Luzhou is also a city covered by rivers. The Yangtze river is running through the whole area from west to east covering a course of 133 km totally and the maximum flood level is 18.68 meters during the past 30 years. Besides, there are many other rivers converging here, such as Tuo river, Yongling river, Chishui river, Laixi river etc.

Climate
Luzhou generally enjoys subtropical humid climate with vertical climate in the southern mountain area, featuring distinctive seasons, relatively high temperature, rich sunshine, ample rainfall, long frost-free period and that the elements of light, water and heat almost occur in the same season, which offers a suitable environment to the development of agriculture. It’s annual average temperature is around 17.1oC~18.5oC, July being the hottest month ( average temp. 27.5oC ) and January the coldest ( average temp. 7oC ) and the daily difference in temperature is about 6oC.Snow is rare here. The annual average precipitation is 748.4 mm~1184.2 mm and there is not much rainfall in winter and spring while is affluence in summer and autumn. The precipitation from May to September accounts for 79.2 of the year’s total. As the total sunshine hours averages 1200~1400 and the frost-free period lasts 300~358 days, the corp. growth period is relatively long