Yueyang County, under the jurisdiction of Yueyang City, Hunan Province, located in the northeast of Hunan Province, east Tongcheng County of Hubei Province, southeast Pingjiang County, south to Miluo City, southwest to Hu Zhou and Yuanjiang City, Nan County border, west and Huarong County, Junshan District adjacent, north and Linxiang City, Yunxi District, Yueyang Lou District, Junshan District bordering.

According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, Yueyang County had a permanent population of 561,888. In 2020, the GDP of Yueyang County reached 36.284 billion yuan, an increase of 4.2% year on year based on comparable prices. The added value of the primary industry was 6.971 billion yuan, up by 4.1% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 15.095 billion yuan, up 4.3% year on year; The value added of the tertiary industry was 14.217 billion yuan, up 4.7 percent year on year. On a quarterly basis: Q1 value-added fell 3.4%, Q2 value-added grew 4.6%, Q3 value-added grew 4.7% and Q4 value-added grew 7.7%. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 19.2% of the regional GDP, 41.6% of the secondary industry and 39.2% of the tertiary industry.

In 2020, Yueyang County has jurisdiction over 14 towns and 1 office, covering a total area of 2,809 square kilometers. The urbanization level is 31.9%. In agriculture, ten high-yield, high-quality and efficient bases have been built, including taxus chinensis, high-quality rice, high-quality fruit, famous tea, vegetables and lean pigs. The industry has formed eight production series, namely light textile, building materials, machinery manufacturing, clothing, paper making, medicine, chemical industry, mineral industry and agricultural and sideline product processing. In 2013, the GDP of the region reached 21 billion yuan, an increase of 10.7%.

In 2015, according to the township zoning adjustment plan of Yueyang County, three townships and 11 towns will be administered after the adjustment. On December 6, 2019, it was selected as a pilot unit to promote the quality improvement of farmer cooperatives in the whole county.