Pingwu County belongs to Mianyang City of Sichuan Province. It is located in the north of Mianyang, in the northwest of Sichuan Basin, in the upper reaches of the Fujiang River, to the east Qingchuan County, to the south Beichuan County, to the west Songpan County, to the north Gansu Province, to the southeast Jiangyou City, and to the northwest Jiuzhaigou County. It is the gateway to the famous scenic spots Jiuzhai and Huanglong, and has the reputation of "the first County of Giant Pandas in the world". The county covers an area of 5,950.12 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 6 towns and 14 townships. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Pingwu County was 126,400.

Pingwu County County area belongs to the north subtropical mountainous humid monsoon climate, the climate is mild, abundant precipitation, sufficient sunshine, four distinct seasons, with more clouds, less fog, overcast characteristics. County vegetation species are rich, forest vegetation common dominant tree species 23 families, 37 genera, 78 species.

There are "Bao En Temple", "Wanglang Nature Reserve", "Sier Nature Reserve", "Xiaohegou Nature Reserve", "Beishan Park", "Longchiping Forest Park", "Baima Ethnic Customs" and other scenic spots in the county. Pingwu Qinba mountain contiguous development county.
Pingwu County is a national cultural ecological protection area, Sichuan Province civilized demonstration city, e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county, county economic development advanced county, the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization zoning counties.

On April 28, 2019, the People's Government of Sichuan Province decided to remove Pingwu County from the poverty-stricken county list. In 2020, the GDP of Pingwu County reached 5.789 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 3.5%, among which the primary industry reached 1.124 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 5.3%, the secondary industry reached 2.024 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 3.7%, and the tertiary industry reached 2.641 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 2.6%.