Located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the geographical center of Chongqing, Fengdu County is close to the metropolis, deep in the Great Three Gorges, and backed by the Great Wuling. It is the connecting point of "integration into the main city and linkage between the two groups", and the primary destination of "spillover effect" in the main urban area. Fengdu is 120 kilometers away from the main city of Chongqing, about 90 minutes by road and about 50 minutes by rail. The county covers an area of 2901 square kilometers, governs 30 towns (streets), and has a total population of 850000. It is one of the first batch of counties open to the outside world, the national excellent tourism city, the national garden county, and the national health county.

As of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Fengdu County is 557374.

In 2020, the gross regional product of Fengdu County was 33542.18 million yuan, an increase of 3.0% over 2019. In 2021, Fengdu County's GDP will reach 37.544 billion yuan, up 7.5% year on year; The average growth rate in the two years was 5.2%.

Fengdu County's tourism resources are mainly natural and cultural landscapes, mainly including Fengdu Famous Mountain (national scenic spot), Shuanggui Mountain National Forest Park, Guiguo Temple (China's largest dynamic cultural landscape), Guiwang Stone Carvings (China's largest rock carvings) and other landscapes.

In October 2017, Fengdu County passed the national special assessment and inspection, and was officially approved by the Chongqing Municipal People's Government to withdraw from the poverty-stricken counties. In 2019, it was selected as "Top 100 counties and cities in western China". On July 29, 2020, it was included in the list of national health towns (counties) to be reconfirmed in 2019.