Jiuquan lies in the western part of the Hexi Corridor, surrounded by the Altyn Tagh Mountains, Qilianshan Mountains and Mazong Mountain (Northern Mountain).
The Dunhuang Mogao International Airport in Dunhuang city, Gansu province, opened several new flight routes, including Changchun-Xi'an-Dunhuang, Hangzhou-Dunhuang, and Chongqing-Dunhuang on July 1.
Jiuquan is famous at home and abroad for its Dunhuang culture, frontier culture and space technology and was selected as "The Most Popular Well-Known Western City".