Yushu city is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jilin Province, managed by Changchun City, located in the hinterland of Songliao Plain and the center of the triangle composed of Changchun, Jilin and Harbin. There are no mountains in the territory, and the terrain is relatively flat, showing a slightly inclined trend of high in the southeast and low in the northwest, belonging to the temperate continental monsoon climate zone.

Yushu city is the earliest automobile industry base and the hometown of movies. There are Yushu Kilometers with the largest output per unit area in the world, Jilin Red Wine, a series of nutritious green vegetables, and delicious food represented by "true difference".