Dianjiang County, subordinate to Chongqing City, is located in the northeast of Chongqing City, in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, 120 kilometers away from the main urban area of Chongqing. Dianjiang County borders Fengdu County and Zhongxian County in the east, Fuling District and Changshou District in the south, Dazhu County in Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, Linshui County in Guang'an City in the west, and Liangping District in the north, covering an area of 1518 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Dianjiang County was 650600. It is an important junction of Chongqing's one-hour economic circle and the northeast wing of Chongqing, a land transportation hub in the east of Chongqing and Sichuan, and a trade circulation and material distribution center in the northeast of Chongqing.

Dianjiang County is a demonstration county for the comprehensive reform of urban and rural areas in Chongqing, a city-level landscape and garden city, a city-level health city, a city-level forest city, and a hometown of Chinese Shimo Douhua cuisine. 2019 Top 100 counties and cities in western China. On January 22, 2020, it was named the National Garden County by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. On November 29, 2020, he joined the Dabashan · Three Gorges Cultural Tourism Development Alliance.

In 2020, Dianjiang County achieved a gross regional product of 44.48 billion yuan, an increase of 4% over the previous year. In 2021, the gross regional product of Dianjiang County will be 50.26 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 9.3% and an average increase of 6.6% in two years.