Fengshun County, county under the jurisdiction of Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, is located in the eastern part of Guangdong Province and the southern end of Meizhou City, adjacent to Chaozhou in the east and Jieyang in the south, neighboring the Chaoshan region. It was established in the third year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1738). It is known as "the southern gate of Meizhou and the backyard of Chaoshan".In 2019, Fengshun County has 16 towns and 1 state-owned farm under its jurisdiction, with an administrative area of 2,710.22 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, Fengshun County had a household population of 722,240.
During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the territory of Fengshun County was the land of Baiyue. In the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Jieyang County of Nanhai County. In 1950, Fengshun County was transferred from Chaoshan Prefecture to Xingmei Prefecture, and in 1961, it belonged to Shantou Prefecture, in 1965, it belonged to Meixian Prefecture, and after 1987, it belonged to Meizhou City.
Fengshun's unique geographic location makes the Teochew culture and Hakka culture merge with each other, forming a unique "Chaoke" culture. Hakka and Chaoshan people coexist harmoniously in Fengshun, giving birth to the typical "Half Mountain Hakka" culture. There is a unique She ethnic flavor in the province and the Puzai "burning fire dragon". Fengshun County is the ancestral home of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin and Yingluck's siblings, the hometown of Ting Richang, the leader of the foreign affairs movement, and Li Jianzhen, the female heroine of China, and is the city of hot springs in China, the hometown of overseas Chinese, the hometown of fire dragons in China, the hometown of longevity in China, China's financial eco-county, the former Central Soviet Union County, the National Experimental Area of Sustainable Development, the Hakka Culture (Meizhou) Ecological Reserve, the hometown of folk culture and art in China, and the capital of electroacoustics in China.
Fengshun County is one of the three major electro-acoustic industry bases in China, and is the demonstration area for upgrading electro-acoustic industry clusters in Guangdong Province. Tea, sweet potato and olive are the "three treasures of Fengshun". Scenic spots such as Fengshun Dabao Mountain Tourism Resort, Zhujiang-Haitang Bay Hot Spring Resort, Qianjiang Hot Spring Resort, Hanjiang Deer Lake Hot Spring Resort, Longjing River Rafting, Longgui Flying Waterfall, Jieling Flying Springs, Baxiang Mountain Grand Canyon, Hanshan Ecological Tourism Resort and Tonggu Peak have been built.
In 2023, Fengshun County realized a gross regional product of 13.241 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%.