Pingchang County, part of Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, is located in northeastern Sichuan Province, at the southern foot of the Micang Mountains, bordered by Wanyuan City and Xuanhan County in the east, Dazhou City and Quxian County in the south, Yingshan County and Yilong County in the west, and Tongjiang County and Bazhou District in the north, with a total area of 2,229 square kilometers. As of June 2023, Pingchang County has 3 streets and 28 towns under its jurisdiction.In 2022, Pingchang County had a household population of 909,100 and a resident population of 642,200.
The landscape of Pingchang County belongs to the peripheral mountainous area of Sichuan Basin, Daba Mountain, the mountain range as a whole is northwest to southeast direction; belongs to the Central Subtropical Humid Monsoon Climate Zone, with four distinct seasons, mild climate, abundant rainfall, and cloudy fog. Cultivated land of 623,200 mu, forest coverage rate of 54.14%. The built-up area of the county is 17.35 square kilometers.
Pingchang originated from Pingzhou County, which was set up during the Western Jin Dynasty, renamed Tongchang County during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and named Pingchang County during the Republic of China. Pingchang is a national key county for poverty alleviation and development, a county in the Qinba mountainous area, a county in the old revolutionary area of Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Union, and the first pilot county in Sichuan province for expanding power and strengthening the county. The first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization piece area county, the 2017-2019 cycle of national health townships (county towns), the fourth batch of "green water and green mountains is the golden silver mountain" practice and innovation bases. 2020, February 2020, the People's Government of Sichuan Province agreed to Pingchang County exit the poverty-stricken counties.
In 2022, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Pingchang County will be 17.679 billion yuan, an increase of 1.1% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry is 4.553 billion yuan, the added value of the secondary industry is 5.089 billion yuan; the added value of the tertiary industry is 8.037 billion yuan, and the structure of the three industries is 2.575:28.79:45.46.
