Fengdu County is located in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and the geographic center of Chongqing, close to the metropolis, deep in the Three Gorges and backed by Wuling, which is the linkage point of "integrating into the main city and linking the two clusters", and the primary undertaking place of the "overflow effect" of the main city metropolitan area. Fengdu is 120 kilometers away from the main city of Chongqing, about 90 minutes by highway and 50 minutes by railroad. The county covers an area of 2,901 square kilometers, with 30 townships (streets) under its jurisdiction. It is one of the first counties open to the outside world and a national excellent tourist city, national garden county, and national health county.At the end of 2022, Fengdu County had a resident population of 553,000, with an urbanization rate of 51.03%.
The tourism resources of Fengdu County are mainly natural and humanistic landscapes, mainly including Fengdu Famous Mountain (a national scenic spot), Shuanggui Mountain National Forest Park, Ghost Country Sacred Palace (China's largest dynamic humanistic landscape), Ghost King Rock Carving (China's largest mosaic rock carving statue) and other landscapes.
In October 2017, Fengdu County passed the national special assessment and inspection, and was officially approved by the Chongqing Municipal People's Government to withdraw from the poverty-stricken county. 2019 was selected as one of the "Top 100 Counties and Municipalities in Western China", and on July 29, 2020, it was selected to be on the list of the 2019 re-confirmed national hygienic townships and cities.
In 2022, the gross regional product of Fengdu County will be 3,911,704,000 yuan, an increase of 4.0% over the previous year, and the structure of the three industries will be 14.1:39.6:46.3.