Leling, a county - level city in Shandong Province, is administered by Dezhou City. It is located at the junction of two provinces and four cities of Lu-Hebei Province (Dezhou - Binzhou - Cangzhou - Jinan). It is a part of the North China Plain, formed by the Yellow River, with flat terrain. There are Zhangweixin River, Ma Cheek River, Dehui new River; Is a warm temperate sub-humid continental monsoon climate, four distinct seasons; Leling has jurisdiction over 9 towns, 3 townships and 4 sub-district offices, 1 provincial development zone, 1 national agricultural science and technology park and 1 circular economy demonstration park listed in the national Yellow Triangle Plan, with an administrative area of 1172 square kilometers. In addition, Leling is also the national intellectual property strong County project demonstration county (district).

According to the seventh census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Leling city was 559,166.

In 2020, Leling's annual GDP was 24.29 billion yuan, an increase of 4.1% over the previous year based on comparable prices. The added value of the primary industry was 4.139 billion yuan, up 2.6% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 8.222 billion yuan, up 4.6 percent year on year; The value added of the tertiary industry was 11.931 billion yuan, up 4.1 percent year on year. The structure of the three major industries was adjusted from 16.9:35.3:47.8 in the previous year to 17.0:33.9:49.1. The proportion of the tertiary industry in the GDP increased by 1.3 percentage points, and the industrial structure was gradually optimized. On December 7, 2018, he was selected into the Charm of cultural Tourism list of 2018 "Charm Chinatown". The second batch of water-saving social construction standard counties (districts).