Jiedong District (Jiedong County), under the jurisdiction of Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, is located in the east of Guangdong Province, in the northeast of Jieyang City, bordering Shantou City and Chaozhou City in the east, Jieyang City in the west, and Meizhou City in the north, with a total area of 700 square kilometers. As of 2019, Jiedong District has a total of 11 towns and 2 streets. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Jiedong District was 931719.

Jiedong District is located in the four central areas of eastern Guangdong, with a three-dimensional transportation network of water, land and air. It is a transportation hub city in eastern Guangdong. It is the hometown of Academician Huang Xuhua, the "father of nuclear submarines in China", Academician Cai Qiao, the founder of Chinese physiology, and Academician Huang Shupei, the pioneer of Chinese mechanical engineering. It has the traditional culture and skills such as the national intangible cultural heritage Quxi Longsha "lantern pole and phoenix" custom, gongs, drums and flags, and jade lake fried tea.

In 2020, Jiedong District's GDP reached 43.493 billion yuan, an increase of 3.0% (year-on-year, the same below), the added value of the primary industry was 4.204 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9%, the added value of the secondary industry was 18.264 billion yuan, an increase of 3.4%, and the added value of the tertiary industry was 21.025 billion yuan, an increase of 2.1%; The proportion of three industries is 9.7:42:48.3.

In May 2020, it was selected as the top 100 national county network retail in 2019, ranking 65th.