Pingtan County, a county under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, is referred to as "Lan" for short, commonly known as "Haitan". It is known as "the best sea erosion landform in the world, and the best seashore beach in Jiuzhou". Located in the east of Fujian Province, it faces Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait. Pingtan County and Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone implement the management system of "integration of administrative areas and experimental areas". In 2021, Pingtan County will have a total registered residence population of 452800 and a permanent population of 390000.

Pingtan faces the sea on all sides, the Taiwan Strait on the east, the Haitan Strait on the west and Fuqing City on the west, and Putian City on the south. Pingtan County, composed of 126 islands, is the fifth largest island in China and the largest island in Fujian; There are abundant coastline resources, with a total length of 408 kilometers. There are many harbors and deep-water coastline resources with good shelter conditions. Pingtan is the nearest area between Chinese Mainland and the island of Taiwan, only 68 nautical miles away from Hsinchu, Taiwan. The land area is 371.91 square kilometers, the sea area is more than 6000 square kilometers, and the coastline is 399.82 kilometers long. In December 2018, Pingtan County was selected as one of the top 100 counties with economic investment potential in China.

In 2021, Pingtan County's GDP will reach 33.920 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry is 4.03 billion yuan, and the added value of the secondary industry is 8.145 billion yuan; The added value of the tertiary industry is 21.745 billion yuan, and the tertiary industrial structure is 11.9:24.0:64.1.