The Drung is a small ethnic group in China. The Drungs mainly live in the Dulong River Valley in the Gongshan Dulong and Nu Autonomous County in the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Canton of Yunnan Province. There are also a small number of them, numbering 7426, distributed in the areas along the Nujiang River in the north of Gongshan County.

According to historical records, during the Tang (618-907 AD) and Song (960-1279AD) Dynasties, the major settlement of the Drungs was under the jurisdiction of the Nanzhao and Dali principalities. From Yuan (1279-1363AD) Dynasty to Qing (1644-1911AD) Dynasty, the Drungs were ruled by court-appointed Tusi Mu (ruler of Yi nationality) from Lijiang . During the middle period of Qing Dynasty, their settlement was put under the administration of the Naxi headmen of Kangpu and Yezhi and then solely governed by the Yezhi headman. In 1909, a full-time Qiuguan (governor) was appointed to take charge of the Drung river valley. In 1918, the government established Changputong Prefectural Administrative Office in Gongshan County, which was transformed into Establishment and Administration Bureau of Gongshan County so as to further practice Bao and Jia household registration system of old China in that area.

Till the middle period of the 20th century, the Drung nationality was still in the disintegration stage of the primitive commune. They lived mainly on planting, hunting and food fathering. Their coverings were knitted flax. There were a few of them using leaves and hides to cover themselves.