Heqing County, a county under Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, at the southern end of the Hengduan Mountains in western Yunnan, east of the Yunling Mountains, and the northern end of Dali Prefecture. Its geographical coordinates are 25 ° 57 ′ - 26 ° 42 ′ N and 100 ° 01 ′ - 100 ° 29 ′ E. There are Jinsha River and Yongsheng County in the east, Binchuan County in the south, Jianchuan County and Eryuan County in the west, and Lijiang City in the north. With an area of 2395 square kilometers, the county has jurisdiction over 7 towns and 2 townships. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Heqing County was 243031.

On September 29, 2018, Heqing County was approved to withdraw from the poverty-stricken counties after being studied by Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. On February 2, 2019, it was rated by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine as an advanced unit in the work of traditional Chinese medicine at the national grass-roots level at the county level. In November 2019, Heqing County was named as the "Four Good Rural Roads" national demonstration county.

In 2020, Heqing County will achieve a GDP of 11.14 billion yuan, an increase of 10.1%; The general public budget revenue was 700 million yuan, an increase of 5.81%; The investment in fixed assets above designated size in the county reached 6.822 billion yuan, down 8%; In the whole year, the total industrial output value was 12.701 billion yuan, an increase of 30.18%; the total industrial output value of industries above designated size was 11.612 billion yuan, an increase of 52.06%; and the added value of industries above designated size was 3.939 billion yuan, an increase of 20.5%.