Lianping County, under the jurisdiction of Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, with a total area of 2275.08 square kilometers, is located in the north of Guangdong Province and the upper reaches of Xinfeng River. Lianping County governs 13 towns. The county government is stationed in Yuanshan Town. According to the data of the seventh population census, there are 285200 permanent residents in Lianping County.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1634), Lianping Prefecture was founded. In the Qing Dynasty, it was transformed into a prefecture without a county. In 1911, the state was changed into a county. In 1958, it was merged with Heping County into Jiulian County. In 1962, he and lian separated. In January 1988, it was subordinate to Heyuan City.

Lianping County is a national-level ecological demonstration area, a model county suitable for living and working in China, an advanced county for comprehensive improvement of the national environment, an advanced unit for the establishment of a national law-based county, a national civilized county seat, a township of Chinese hawk-headed peaches, a pilot project for the financial reform of counties directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, a health town in Guangdong Province, and the former Central Soviet District County; It is the first county of Guangdong-Guangzhou Expressway to enter Guangdong in the south, and the Guangdong-Jiangxi Expressway, Guangdong-Hunan Expressway and Shandong-Kunming Expressway pass through the territory. By the end of 2006, the proved iron ore reserves ranked first in the province and the tungsten and tin ore reserves ranked first in South China. It was selected as one of the "Top 200 Charming Demonstration Counties with the Most Investment Potential in China" and is one of the birthplace of Hakka culture.

In 2018, Lianping County Ecological Industrial Park became a provincial industrial transfer park and signed an industrial co-construction agreement with Nanshan District, Shenzhen. In 2022, the GDP of Lianping County will be RMB10.26 billion, up 0.9% year on year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 2303.31 million yuan, up 5.0% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 270647 million yuan, up 1.4% year on year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 5016.09 million yuan, down 1.2% year on year.