Songming County, under the jurisdiction of Kunming City, Yunnan Province, is located in the central part of Yunnan Province and in the northeast of Kunming City. It is a suburb of Kunming City, 43 kilometers away from Kunming. It is adjacent to Yiliang County in the east, Guandu District in the south, Fumin County in the southwest, Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County in the northwest and north, and Malong District in Qujing City in the northeast. It covers an area of 1357.29 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Songming County was 410929.

Songming County is known as "granary in central Yunnan", "hometown of lanterns" and "hometown of dragons and lions". In November 2018, it was listed in the "2018 China's Happy 100 Counties List". On December 31, 2019, it was selected as a typical county for rural innovation and entrepreneurship in China.

In 2020, Songming County achieved a gross regional product (GDP) of 152670.4 million yuan, up 1.4% year on year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 2285.5 million yuan, up 5.8% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 4345.98 million yuan, up 2.2% year on year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 8635.56 million yuan, down 0.2% year on year. The ratio of the three industrial structures is 15.0:28.5:56.5. The contribution rates of the three industries to GDP growth were 56.2%, 50.9% and - 7.1%, respectively, driving the county's GDP growth by 0.8, 0.7 and - 0.1 percentage points.