The north of Zhumadian city is "Long-lan" (economic zone), the south is the "Yangtze River" (economic zone). Within the border is the Jing-Guang Railroad territory. No. 107 National Road and No. 106 Beijing-Zhuhai expressway pass through Zhumadian city from north to south.

1. Rich in natural resources of farm and side-line products

Favourable conditions for agricultural production give rise to an abundance of wheat, corn, soybean, sesame, peanuts, rapeseed, cotton, tobacco, mushrooms and other agricultural products. The so-called "Central Plains Granary", the "Oil Depot" and the "Sesame Kingdom" are important national and provincial grain and oil production bases. Among them, the quantity of sesame production accounts for one-sixth of the world’s sesame production, ranking first in the country. Biyang and Zhengyang are the country's largest mushrooms and peanuts production bases respectively.

2. Many places of historic interest and scenic beauty, rich in tourism resources

Tianzhong Mountain in Runan County and Wu Jing Pagoda are cultural relics of the national protection organization.

Choy, the capital city in the Western Zhou Dynasty, now has the site of the ancient city, the tomb of Prime Minister Qin, Fuxi Pavilion etc.

The "Zilu Inquiry Office" in Xincai County, the "Eastern Han Dynasty Stone Relief" in Zhengyang County, the "Western Han Dynasty Old Cassia Tree" in Pingyu County, the Po Yan Temple Pagoda in Xiping County, the Warring States Period iron smelting site etc all have a high archaeological and tourism value.

Renowned throughout the country, the "Natural Bonsai Landscape" of Chaya Mountain has the first people's commune in China – The Chayashan People's Commune in Suiping. Hailed as the "Man-made Cavity Chamber", Suya Lake is China's largest artificial flatland reservoir. Beautiful lakes and mountains can be seen at the national forest park, Bo Mountain scenic zone. The so-called "Small Yanan" is the Revolutionary Memorial Hall of Zhu Mountain Valley. The former residence of the War of Resistance Against Japan hero, General Yang is Li Wan in Queshan County. The Taiwan Buddhist monk, Ming Cheng master, funded the reconstruction of Asia’s largest Buddhist temple, the South China Sea Temple. These places all have ancient lyrical overtones, and are good places for sight-seeing.

In addition, "The Butterfly Lovers" legend and the "Journey to the West" story originate in Runan and Suiping respectively.

Queshan County under the jurisdiction of Zhumadian city's central government, Suiping County, Choy County, Pingyu County, Xincai County, Zhengyang County, Biyang County, Runan County and Station City have a total population of 8,300,000 and a total area of 15,000 square kilometres. The city was rebuilt on 1st August 2000.

Zhumadian city has a long history and an ancient culture. There is the Pre-eastern Han Dynasty’s first ancestor of mankind, Fuxi’s hexagonal pavilion in Choy, the Warring States Period iron sword smelting site in Xiping County, the early Tang Dynasty tomb of Luo Cheng in Xiping county, Tianzhong Mountain of Yan Zhen Qing’s inscription tablet, the Northern Qi Dynasty Northern Spring Temple in Queshan County, the Ming Dynasty bronze statue of Confucius in Dacheng Hall in Xincai County, as well as other places of historic interest and scenic beauty. Yang Jingyu and other War of Resistance Against Japan national heroes have all contributed indelible brilliance to the history of Chinese civilization.

Since Zhumadian city was designated by the nation to be the demonstration area of the national township enterprise, East-West co-operation in 1996, East-West co-operation has become the city's new development feature. Zhumadian successfully hosted the East-West co-operation township enterprise Trade Fair for eight consecutive years from 1998 to 2005. This not only allowed the city's township enterprises to gain unprecedented opportunities for development, but also established a good image for Zhumadian, which increased Zhumadian’s popularity.