Guangrao County, which belongs to Dongying City of Shandong Province, is located in the north of central Shandong Province and the south of Dongying City. The geographical coordinates are between 118°17 'and 118°57' east longitude and 36°56 'and 37°21' north latitude. Administrative division code 370523. It is adjacent to Dongying District in the north, Linzi District, Zibo City in the south, Shouguang City, Weifang City in the east, Qingzhou City in the southeast, Boxing County in the west, and Laizhou Bay of Bohai Sea in the northeast. With a total area of 1166 square kilometers [53], it has jurisdiction over 9 towns (subdistricts), 2 provincial economic development zones and 553 villages (houses). According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Guangrao County was 521,742.

Guangrao County, Qin county, known as Le 'an, thousand times, Lang Huai, is the home of the warrior Sun Wu, the birthplace of Lv opera and the origin of Qi pen, was assessed by the United Nations geographical name Organization for the millennium ancient county. Since 2019, it has been rated as one of the top 100 counties and cities of National Comprehensive Strength in 2019, one of the top 100 counties and cities of National Investment potential in 2019, one of the top 100 counties and cities of National new urbanization quality in 2019, and one of the top 100 counties (cities) of national comprehensive competitiveness in 2019. In May 2020, it was selected into the county new-type urbanization construction demonstration list. On June 4, 2021, Guangrao County was listed in the pilot county list for water system connectivity and Shuimei rural construction in 2021. [50] In October 2021, it was selected into the "2021 Top 100 Counties and Cities of China Smart Cities" list.

In 2020, Guangrao County achieved a GDP of 62.08 billion yuan and a general public budget revenue of 4.5 billion yuan.