Qingcheng County, belonging to Qingyang City, Gansu Province, is located in the east of Gansu Province, in the middle and upper reaches of the Malian River, neighboring Heshui in the east, bordering the Pu River and Zhenyuan County in the west, adjoining Xifeng District in the south, and bordering with Huanxian County and Huachi in the north. The geographic coordinates are 107°16′32″-108°05′49″ east longitude and 35°42′29″-36°17′22″ north latitude. As of 2020, Qingcheng County has 9 towns, 6 townships and 2 offices under its jurisdiction, with a total land area of 2,692.6 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, Qingcheng County had a resident population of 235,154 people.
Qingcheng County is the ancient land of Yugong Yongzhou, one of the birthplaces of Chinese farming culture, and an important part of the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.In 1994, it was named a famous historical and cultural city in Gansu Province.In March 2019, it was listed in the first list of counties in the area of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization area.In February 2020, it was examined by the leading group of poverty alleviation of Gansu Province, and it was approved to withdraw from it as it met the conditions for the exit of poverty-stricken counties.
In 2023, Qingcheng County's gross regional product was 12.711 billion yuan, an increase of 11.5%.