盘州市地处滇黔桂三省区结合部，是贵州省的西大门，国土面积4056平方公里，聚居着29个民族，人口120万。
气候优势明显。冬无严寒、夏无酷暑，年平均气温15.2℃，夏季平均气温19.7℃，是“最美中国•生态旅游特色目的地城市”，被誉为“世界古银杏之乡”。
矿产资源富集。境内现已探明的矿产资源有煤、铁、铜、黄金等20多种，是贵州省乃至全国的重点产煤县和“黔电送粤”重要电源点，被誉为“煤电之都”。
区位优势突出。高速公路、高速铁路、航空运输四通八达，已形成辐射东盟链接中国成渝、长三角、珠三角综合交通体系，北上南下、东进西出,十分便捷，是中国内陆开放的高地，以及内陆大仓储、大物流的聚集地。
旅游资源丰富。境内有30万年前的古人类文化遗址“盘县大洞”、2.4亿年前的鱼龙化石遗址，万亩竹海、乌蒙大草原等自然景观100多个，规划可开发的旅游资源522项。
营商氛围浓厚。自2016年开创“妥乐论坛”以来，与马来西亚、老挝、泰国、柬埔寨等国家建立了友好合作关系，促成了建材、旅游文化等领域的合作，金额约75亿元。良好的营商环境，吸引了富士康、华能集团、葛洲坝、大唐桂冠等世界500强、中国500强企业入驻和投资，招商引资连续多年全省排名第一。

Panzhou, the west gate of Guizhou, is located at the junction of three provinces—Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi. Covering an area of 4056 square kilometers, this land is home to 1.2 million people, coming from 29 ethnic minorities.
Panzhou enjoys a comfortable climate and glamorous landscape, where there is no chilly winter and hot summer. The annual average temperature is 15.2°C, and average temperature in summer is 19.7°C. Panzhou City won many honorable titles such as the Most Beautiful Ecological Tourist Destination City in China, regarded as the Hometown of Ancient Ginkgoes.
Rich in natural resources. As more than 20 varieties of mineral resources were discovered in Panzhou such as coal, iron, copper, gold, Panzhou is a key region of producing coal mine in Guizhou Province, even a key region throughout China; meanwhile, it’s an important source of power supply to Guangdong province, and is honored as “The Capital of Coal and Electricity”.
Excellent geographical location. The expressway, high-speed railway and air transportation are well-connected here. It has formed a comprehensive transportation system linking Chengdu-Chongqing District, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta in China and further reaching the ASEAN countries. Therefore, it is very convenient to go north and south, east and west. All makes it an open economic region in inland China, as well as a gathering hub for inland warehousing and large logistics.
Abundant tourism resources. There are more than 100 places of natural scenery in Panzhou city, such as ancient human settlement "Panzhou Great Cave" dating back to about 200,000 to 300,000 years, “Xinmin ichthyosaur fossils” site with a history of about 240 million years, and acres of bamboo sea as well as splendid Wumeng Prairie. 522 tourism resources are yet to be developed.
Friendly Business Environment. Since the 2016 Tuole Forum, Panzhou has established friendly cooperative relations with Malaysia, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and has successfully promoted cooperation in such fields as building materials and tourism culture, with an amount of about 7.5 billion yuan. Due to its good business environment, it has attracted Foxconn, China Huaneng Group, Gezhouba (Group) Corp., and China DaTang Corportion of Fortune Global 500 and China's top 500 enterprises to settle in and invest. Panzhou city has been topped the first place for consecutive years in Guizhou province in terms of attracting foreign investment.