Baoxing County, subordinate to Ya 'an City of Sichuan Province, is located in the west of Sichuan Province and the western edge of Sichuan Basin, with a total area of 3,114 square kilometers. As of October 2021, Baoxing County has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 4 townships (including 1 nationality township). According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Baoxing county was 48,040.

Baoxing County is adjacent to Lushan in the east, Tianquan in the south, Kangding in the west, Xiaojin in the north, Wenchuan in the northeast and 200 kilometers away from Chengdu. Baoxing Bee Bucket Village is the first place in the world to find giant pandas, known as the "hometown of giant pandas". On June 30, 2020, it was selected into the "second batch of revolutionary Cultural Relics Protection and Utilization piece list of counties". On July 29, 2020, it was selected into the list of towns (counties) reconfirmed as National Health Care in 2019.
In 2020, Baoxing County's GDP reached 3.453 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 4.1%.