Pingtang Town, belonging to Xinyi City, Maoming City, Guangdong Province, is located in the eastern part of Xinyi City, connected to Xinbao Town in the east, Heshui Town in the south, bounded by Qianpai Town in the west, and neighboring Luojing and Boundary 2 Towns in Luoding City in the north, with an area of 190.58 square kilometers of administrative area. As of the end of 2019, the registered population of Pingtang Town was 65,553. During the Ming Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Dingkangdu, Xinyi County.In December 1983, it was changed to Pingtang District.In November 1986, Pingtang District was changed to Pingtang Town. As of October 2021, Pingtang Town has 1 community and 21 administrative villages under its jurisdiction, and the town's people's government is located in the Linyang Development Zone. In 2019, there are 22 industrial enterprises in Pingtang Town, including 1 above scale, and 30 general stores or supermarkets with business area over 50 square meters.