Located in the northwest of Kweichow Province and the middle reaches of Chishui River, north side of West Section of Dalou Ranges, in the back of historic city of Zunyi and facing areas in the south of Sichuan, Renhuai is the joint of Northern Kweichow Economic Zone and Southern Sichuan Economic Zone; it is the place of where the Red Army fought in the ¡°4 Crossing of Chishui River¡± in the period of Long March, home of Moutai, the famous National Liquor of China, and is reputed as ¡°Capital of National Liquor¡±, ¡°China Liquor Capital ¡±. The city has an area of 1,788 square km and is divided into 13 towns, 6 townships, 54 management zones, 380 village committees, and 24 neighborhood committees. It has a total population of 580,000 with 9 nationalities of Han, Miao, Buyi, Gelao, Yi and Bai, etc., including 60,563 non-agricultural populations and 17,159 minority populations. Currently it has plowland of 27,713.3 hectares, including 9,921 hectares of cropland, 17,792.2 hectares of lands, and 612,394 hectares of forest with forest coverage ratio of 22.83%. It is a populous mountainous inland city where land is scarce. Average altitude of the entire city is 880 meters above sea level. Annual average temperature is 16.3?. The annual number of sunshine hours is 1,177.2 hours with 311 days free from frost, and the annual precipitation is 971.9mm.

In 2003, gross city product was RMB3.48 billion, up 12.7% over the last year; per capita gross product was RMB5,829 ,up10.8% over the last year; the City realized total financial revenue of RMB782 million, up 6.5% over the last year, including RMB217 million for local financial revenue , up 7.1% over the last year. Significant achievement has been made in the construction of strong economic city, and it ranked No.6 in the Top10 counties (cities) in Kweichow Province and No.63 in Top100 counties (cities) in the west.

There are about 475 industrial enterprises, an absolute majority of which is in the brewery industry. The brewery industry if the characteristic, advantageous and pillar industry of Renhuai, and the City has got the pattern of diversified development in terms of power, natural water, coal, building materials, agricultural machinery, manufactured paper, printing and packaging, glass products and bottle lid, etc. In promotion of industrialization, Renhuai used parks as the carrier. So far, Renhuai Moutai River Valley Brewery Park is under construction, and the coal and building material industrial parks are in their infancy. In recent years, under the leadership of National Liquor Moutai, the industrial economy of Renhuai has maintained rapid growth. The ratio of the contribution of industry to the national economy keeps increasing, and the 2 nd industry has all along been maintaining the leadership in GDP. In 2003, industrial output of city level reached RMB698 million, up 26.5% over the last year. Apart from Moutai, the liquor industrial enterprises under the City, like Xiao Hutuxian, Jinshili, Jiuzhongjiu and Maohe, etc. quickly rise up and sell well throughout the country.

People have resided in Renhuai early in the dynasties of Shang and Zhou. In the 3 rd year of Daguan of Northern Song Dynasty (1109 A.D.), Renhuai was build into a county, which was under Zizhou. In the 3 rd year of Xuanhe, Renhuai was downgraded from county to town under Luzhou Shire. In the Yuan Dynasty, Renhuai Chancellor Estate and Guzi Chancellor Estate were established under Bozhou Anfu Department. In the Ming Dynasty, it was in Renhuai County (today's Chishui) under Zunyi City. In the 5 th year during the rein of Emperor Yongzheng of Qing Dynasty (1727 A.D.), it went under Kweichow Buzheng Estate. In the 8 th year during the rein of Emperor Yongzheng, a county was established in Tingziba, Shengjie. In the 11 th year, Du Quan got 15,080 taels to build a city, and by the 13 th year the new city was built up. As early as in the Han Dynasty, people of Renhuai brewed the liquor praised by Emperor Wudi as ¡°sweet and fragrant¡±. In 1915, Moutai got the gold prize in Panama World's Fair and ranked among the world's Top3 tequilas. In 1935, the Red Army entered into Renhuai, in order to contain and fight back chase of Kuomintang troops and enable main force of the Red Army to go northward to combat the Japanese invaders, the Red Army crossed Chishui River for 3 times. Inside Renhuai, there are 2 provincial-level cultural relic protection units: Moutai Ferry Monument and Luming Tower, 3 revolutionary and historic cultural relics: Cemetery of Martyrs of the Red Army, Zhongshu Martyr Cemetery and Monument for 4 Crossing of Chishui of the Red Army. With the approval of the State Council, on Nov 30 th , 1995, Renhuai City was established to replace Renhuai County. Renhuai is the National Advanced Cultural City, Provincial Public Security Model City, Provincial Advanced City in the Work of Science and Technology, Provincial-level Sanitary City and Provincial Model City for ¡°Supporting the Armed Force and the Government¡±, and is one of the 1 st batch of Top20 Economic Counties (Cities) in Kweichow Province.