Liuzhou, also known as the Dragon City or the Pot City, is one of Chinese historical and cultural cities and also an important industrial city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Being the city directly under the autonomous region, Liuzhou is located at the middle reaches of the Liujiang River valley. The Liujiang River meanders eastwards and surrounds the city downtown. With mountains and waters on all sides, Liuzhou is shaped like a pot and features peculiar scenery. Currently, four districts, one suburb district and two counties are under the city's jurisdiction.

With beautiful historic and human culture sites and rich tourism resources, Liuzhou is one of the A-class tourist cities and historical and cultural cities in China. The transportation network that extends in all directs facilitates tourists to visit different scenic spots, fantastic historic sites and unique folk customs of the Zhuang ethnic minority. Parks, big or small, exceed 10 in the city.

With summer not torrid and winter not freezing, Liuzhou is a tourist destination in all seasons.

With the good fame of Commercial Port in Guangxi, Liuzhou enjoys convenient transportation, with the Hunan-Guangxi, Guizhou-Guangxi, Zhicheng-Liuzhou and other railways meeting here, road transportation network that extends in all directions and airplanes directly flying to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beihai and other large- and medium-sized cities, and water transportation that can directly reach Wuzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao.