Lingsheng District, belonging to Dezhou City, Shandong Province, is located in the northwestern plains of Shandong Province, the central part of Dezhou City. It is located between Beijing, Tianjin and Jinan, and is known as the "Gateway to Beijing and Tianjin and the Nine Heavenly Quarters". As of 2019, it has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 1 township, 2 street offices, and 1 economic development zone, with a total area of 1,213 square kilometers and 1.2 million acres of arable land. According to the seventh census data, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population was 486,794 people.
Lingshou District is the hometown of Shandong opera, with a long history, known as the "wisdom of the saint" of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Taizhong Daifu, literati, comical master Dongfang Shuo's hometown in the town of Shentou. Yan Zhenqing handwritten "Dongfang Shuo painting praise monument" for the national level cultural relics, is now collected in Dezhou City, Lingshou City, Wenbo Yuan. The ancient city site of Tang Pingyuan County was repaired by Yan Zhenqing when he was the governor here. There are provincial key cultural relics protection unit "Han Tomb Group", "Dingdong Reservoir" and "Xianren Lake" with 10,000 mu of water surface. The second batch of counties (districts) that have reached the standard of water-saving society construction.
In 2020, the gross regional product of Lingshucheng District will be 23.202 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2% over the previous year according to the comparable price. By industry, the added value of primary industry is 3.412 billion yuan, an increase of 2.0%; the added value of secondary industry is 8.429 billion yuan, an increase of 4.4%; the added value of tertiary industry is 11.360 billion yuan, an increase of 2.5%. The structure of the three industries was adjusted from 14.3:37.9:47.8 in the previous year to 14.7:36.3:49.0.