Lingcheng District, under the jurisdiction of Dezhou City, Shandong Province, is the hometown of Shandong folk art, located in the northwest plain of Shandong Province, between Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, known as "the gateway of Beijing and Tianjin, nine to the sky Ququ" said. By 2019, it had jurisdiction over 10 towns, 1 township, 2 sub-district offices and 1 economic development zone, covering a total area of 1,213 square kilometers and 1.2 million mu of arable land. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population was 486,794.

Dezhou Lingcheng District has a long history, known as the "sage of wisdom" Emperor Wudi Taizhong doctor, writer, funny master Dongfang Shuo's hometown in Shentou Town. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy "Oriental Shuo Painting Praise Tablet" is a national first-class cultural relic. It is now collected in Wenbo Garden, Lingcheng District, Dezhou City. Tang Pingyuan County ancient city site for Yan Zhenqing in this time to do the imperial guard repair. There are provincial key cultural relic protection units "Han Tomb Group", with ten thousand mu of water "Dingdong reservoir" and "fairy Lake". The second batch of water-saving social construction standard counties (districts).

In 2020, the total GDP of Lingcheng District reached 23.202 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2% over the previous year at comparable prices. The value added of the primary industry was 3.412 billion yuan, up by 2.0 percent; The added value of the secondary industry was 8.429 billion yuan, up by 4.4%; The value added of the tertiary industry was 11.360 billion yuan, up by 2.5%. The tertiary industrial structure was adjusted from 14.3:37.9:47.8 to 14.7:36.3:49.0