Linqing is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaocheng City in Shandong Province. Located in the northwest of Shandong Province, Zhangwei River and ancient Canal junction, and Hebei Province across the river, flat terrain, less ups and downs, the terrain is high in the southwest, low in the northeast, is a typical continental monsoon climate; With a total area of 960 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 12 towns and 4 streets. According to the seventh census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Linqing was 794,529.

Linqing established the county system in the early Western Han Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, thanks to the well-developed Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the economy and society prospered for more than 500 years. Linqing was an important circulation hub city and a well-known commercial city in China at that time. It is the first stop of Beijing-Kowloon Railway entering Shandong Province. The Beijing-Kowloon high-speed Railway will set up a station in Linqing, where 2 expressways (Xinglin Expressway, Dezhou-Shang Expressway) and 7 national and provincial highways (provincial Highway 315, Linguan Road, Linxin Road, Xiaolin Road, Linbo Road, Lingao Road and Xiaoxia Road) pass through.

In 2020, the GDP of Linqing was 23.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 3.2 percent. Specifically, the value added of the primary industry was 3.122 billion yuan, up by 2.7%; The added value of the secondary industry was 7.997 billion yuan, up by 4.6%; The value added of the tertiary industry was 12.703 billion yuan, up by 2.2%.