Minqin County, a county under the jurisdiction of Wuwei City in Gansu Province, is located in the northeastern part of the Hexi Corridor and the lower reaches of the Shiyang River Basin, bordered by Liangzhou District in the south, connected to Jinchang City in the southwest, and surrounded by the two major deserts of the Batangilin and Tengger in the east, west and north. As of February 2020, the county has a total area of 15,800 square kilometers, with 18 towns and 248 villages under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, Minqin County had a resident population of 173,300 people.
Minqin has a long history, as early as 2,800 years ago there were human beings living and reproducing, and created a brilliant "manhole culture". In 121 B.C., Huo Daizi led his troops to recover the western part of the river and set up a county here. Republic of 17 years (1928), to "simple wind mellow, people work hard" renamed Minqin, Gansu Province is known as the "township of culture", "education county".
Minqin territory light, heat, water, soil resources combination of superior quality and quantity of green and organic agricultural products, is recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture, "the National Vegetable Industry County", Gansu Province, the first batch of "organic product certification demonstration area", by the China Food Industry Association, China Vegetable Circulation Association named "China Vegetable Industry Association". China Food Industry Association, China Vegetable Circulation Association named "China's meat goat hometown", "China's honeydew melon hometown", "China's fennel hometown", "China's ginseng fruit hometown "The county is rich in wind energy and solar energy. The county is rich in wind energy resources and has huge solar energy reserves. The county is rich in tourism resources and unique, there is Asia's largest desert reservoir Hongyashan Reservoir, Shiyanghe National Wetland Park, Qingtuhu, Rui'an Fort, Tengger and Badanjilin two major deserts intersected by a county, creating a "sand oasis, oasis, blue sea," the wonders of the sea.
In 2022, the gross regional product of Minqin County will be 10.785 billion yuan, calculated on the basis of constant prices, an increase of 9.4% over 2021.