Daning County is located in the west of Linfen City, Shanxi Province, about 120 kilometers away from the urban area, between 110°28'01"~111°00'43" east longitude and 36°16'24"~36°36'55" north latitude. The maximum distance between east and west of Daning County is 38 kilometers, and the maximum distance between north and south is 34 kilometers, with a total area of 962.19 square kilometers. Daning County is a temperate continental monsoon climate, mild climate, four distinct seasons. As of March 2022, Daning County has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 2 townships and 60 administrative villages, the resident of which is Xinshui Town. According to the seventh census, the permanent population of Daning County was 52,166 as of midnight on November 1, 2020.

Northern Zhou Baoding first year (561 years), the beginning of Daning County. In 2000, Daning County was administered by Linfen City. Daning County traffic to roads, the territory of the national road 209 line, provincial road Linda road and Dayong along the yellow road. Daning County has been successively awarded the honorary titles of "Pilot County of Central Rural Collective property Rights System Reform", "National Health Promotion Demonstration County", "National Collective Forestry Comprehensive Reform and Standardization Pilot Area", "National Rural Comprehensive Reform and Standardization Pilot County", "National e-commerce into rural comprehensive Demonstration County", "Provincial Food Safety Demonstration County" and so on. Daning County has Erlang Mountain, Yellow River temple and other scenic spots.

On February 27, 2020, with the approval of Shanxi Provincial government, Daning County was removed from the impoverished county. In 2021, the GDP of Daning County reached 1.466 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 6.6%, ranking the second in the city. The per capita disposable income of urban residents reached 22,508 yuan, up by 5.3% year on year; The per capita disposable income of rural residents reached 5,553 yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 23.8%, ranking first in the city.