Pingyuan County, under the jurisdiction of Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, is located in the northeastern part of Guangdong Province, at the junction of Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi Provinces. It was founded in 1562, with a total area of 1,381 square kilometers, and has 12 towns, 136 villages, and 7 communities under the jurisdiction of 12 towns, 136 villages, and 7 communities, and has a resident population of 190,482 as of 00:00, November 1, 2020, according to the Seventh Population Census data. The county town is located in Dazhe Town, which is the hometown of Hakka sage Cheng Min, the first of the eight ancient sages of Guangdong, and enjoys the reputation of "the originator of Hakka culture in the world" and "the first village of the world's Hakkaidu".In August 2011, it was recognized as the "former county of the Central Soviet Region", and is the best ecological county in China. In August 2011, it was recognized as the "County in the Former Central Soviet Zone", and is the best ecological and cultural tourism destination in China, the best cultural and leisure tourism county in China, the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art (boat lantern dance), the famous green county in China, the orange hometown in Guangdong, the hometown of Chinese oil tea, and the hometown of Chinese immortality grass. Pingyuan, with Gannan in the north, western Fujian in the east and Chaoshan-Jie in the south, is the center of the Hakka Circle in Guangdong, Fujian and Gannan. 206 National Highway runs north and south through the county, and the Jiguang Expressway, Meiping Expressway and Ruimei Railway under planning pass through Pingyuan, constituting a 3-hour economic circle with the Pearl River Delta, the Hercynian District and Gannan. Pingyuan has tourist attractions such as Five Fingers Stone Scenic Area, Changbu Peninsula Leisure Resort, Nantai Wolver Mountain Cultural Tourism Industrial Park, Shangju Acacia Valley, Hot Cudgel Hot Springs, Manda Mountain Resort, Dahebei Scenic Area, Jinsui Ecological Farm, Huangtian Reservoir, Renju Vault Pavilion, Pingyuan Red Army Memorial Park, Biegui Dongtian Scenic Area, Nantaishan National Forest Park and other tourist attractions. In March 2019, it was included in the list of "List of counties in the area of protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (the first batch)" list. in June 2020, it was included in the list of national forest recreation bases (the first batch). In 2023, Pingyuan County realized a GDP of 9.372 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 6.6%.