Qingyang, commonly known as "Longdong", is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, the oil and gas chemical base of Gansu Province, and the main production area of Changqing Oilfield. By July 2020, it has jurisdiction over 1 district and 7 counties. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Qingyang City was 2179716.

Qingyang is located in the western part of China and the eastern part of Gansu Province, and is adjacent to Yijun, Huangling, Fuxian, Ganquan, Zhidan and other counties in Shaanxi Province in the east; It is adjacent to Dingbian, Wuqi and Zhidan counties in Shaanxi Province and Yanchi County in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in the north; It borders on Yuanzhou District, Pengyang County and Tongxin County of Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in the west; It is connected to Jingchuan County in Gansu Province and Binzhou City, Changwu County and Xunyi County in Shaanxi Province in the south. The total area is 27119 square kilometers. It is known as the "Holy Land of Red, the hometown of Qihuang, the source of farming and the new capital of energy", and is known as the "granary of Longdong".

Qingyang City is the hometown of "Huanjiang pterosaur" and "Yellow River Ancient Elephant", the birthplace of China's "first old stone tool", one of the birthplaces of the early agricultural civilization of the Chinese nation, the birthplace of traditional Chinese medicine culture, the birthplace of Qibo, the founder of traditional Chinese medicine, the old revolutionary base of Gansu Province, and the birthplace of Changqing oil field.

In 2022, Qingyang achieved a gross regional product of 102.226 billion yuan, up 4.4% year on year. The added value of the primary industry reached 12.483 billion yuan; The added value of the secondary industry reached 55.194 billion yuan; The added value of the tertiary industry reached 34.549 billion yuan.