Zhuzhou is one of the first eight key industrial cities built after the founding of New China, and it is an old industrial base in China. Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Shanghai-Kunming Railway meet in Zhuzhou, becoming an important "cross" railway hub in China.

Zhuzhou is called "the city piled up by railways". Convenient transportation, convenient transportation of industrial raw materials and the support of national policies have a broad market.