Laiyuan County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, under the jurisdiction of the county, is located in the northwestern part of the Baoding area, the northern end of the Taihang Mountains, taking the meaning of the source of Lai Shui, the county has a total area of 2448 square kilometers. As of July 2023, the county has 10 towns and 7 townships under its jurisdiction. As of zero hour on November 1, 2020, the county's resident population of 248,890 people.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, it belonged to the State of Jin; during the Warring States Period, it first belonged to the State of Zhao, and then to the State of Yan; during the Western Han Dynasty, it was set up as Guangchang County and belonged to the County of Dai; at the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it belonged to the Zhongshan State of Jizhou, and then to the Zhongshan County; in Jin, it belonged to the County of Dai; it was renamed as Feihu County during the Sui Dynasty; during the Ming Dynasty, the name was resumed to Guangchang County, and belonged to the Datong Prefecture of Wei; during the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to the Directly Affiliated Provinces of Yi; in the year of 3 years of the Republic of China (1914), the county was renamed as Lotus County by borrowing the meaning of source of Lotus.
The Jingyuan Railway and 108, 112, 207 National Highway and other transportation arteries run through the whole territory of Laiyuan County. Laiyuan County has 43 kinds of proven, mainly iron, lead, zinc, molybdenum, copper and limestone, granite, etc., with the "World Geopark" Baishi Mountain, "National Urban Wetland Park" refusal of the source of the horse, "national key cultural relics protection unit" Geoyuan. With "World Geopark" Baishi Mountain, "National Urban Wetland Park" Ximayuan, "national key cultural relics protection unit" Geyuan Temple, etc. as the representative of the 8 scenic spots 218 unique scenery. 2020 February 29, Laiyuan County quit the sequence of the poverty-stricken counties, officially out of poverty, "off the hat".
In 2023, the GDP of Laiyuan County will be 8.68 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 5.6%.