Baode County, belonging to Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, is located in the northwestern part of Shanxi Province, with a total area of 997.5 square kilometers and a typical temperate continental climate. As of June 2022, Baode County has 293 administrative villages in 5 towns and 6 townships, with the county government in Dongguan Town. According to the seventh census data, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Baode County was 144,218 people. In the fourth year of Chunhua in Song Dynasty, the Dingqiang Army was set up in Xianzhou (i.e. Jingle County). Jingde two years to change the Baode army (take the people to protect in the city, the city to protect in the German also). 1961, the abolition of the Jinbei Specialized Agency, divided into Xinxian, Yanbei Specialized Agency, Baode to the Xinxian Commissioner's Office (now known as Xinzhou) leadership. Baode is located in the intersection of Jin, Shaanxi and Mongolia provinces, the Shenshuo Railway, Zhumiao Highway, Hanfu Highway, Along the Yellow Tourist Highway, Xinbao Highway through the territory, the county mileage of 1,063 kilometers of traffic, highway density of 112 kilometers / 100 square kilometers.In September 2018, Baode County was selected as the list of 2018 e-commerce into the rural areas of the comprehensive demonstration counties.On April 18, 2019, the People's Government of Shanxi Province approved the Baode County to withdraw from the poverty-stricken county. Baode County has scenic spots such as Flying Dragon Mountain, Chen Martyrs' Temple, and the Grotto of the Old City. In 2021, the county's GDP exceeded the 10 billion mark for the first time, reaching 12.214 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.3%; the value-added of industries above designated size increased by 31.9% year-on-year; fixed-asset investment completed 4.625 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.5%; total retail sales of consumer goods completed 2.358 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%; the revenue from the general public budget completed 959 million yuan The general public budget revenue completed 959 million yuan, an increase of 16.1% year-on-year; total fiscal revenue completed 2.847 billion yuan, an increase of 31.6% year-on-year; disposable income per capita of urban residents completed 35,323 yuan, an increase of 7.9% year-on-year; disposable income per capita of rural residents completed 10,293 yuan, an increase of 11.4% year-on-year.