Pinghe County is a county under the jurisdiction of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. It is located in the southwest of Zhangzhou and is connected with eight counties in Fujian and Guangdong provinces. It is known as the "thoroughfare of eight counties". There are Fuzhao Expressway, Pingmei Expressway, Yunping Expressway, 355 National Highway, 357 National Highway and other transportation trunk lines in the territory.

Pinghe County was established in the 13th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (1518), which means "Kouping and Renhe". It is a key hometown of overseas Chinese and the ancestral home of Taiwanese in Fujian Province. It is not only an economically underdeveloped county, but also a coastal economic open county; Pinghe County is also one of the key overseas Chinese townships in Fujian Province and one of the important ancestral places of Taiwanese; The former Central Soviet District and County, the provincial key old district and county.

Pinghe County covers an area of 2309.57 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 10 towns and 5 townships. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Pinghe County was 455042.

Pinghe County has three green brands of Guanxi honey pomelo, Banzai banana and Baiya Qilan tea, and its agricultural industrialization is at the forefront of the province. It has been named as the "township of Guanxi honey pomelo in China, the township of banana in China, and the township of Baiya Qilan tea in China", and has been awarded the titles of "national pollution-free fruit production demonstration county", "national economic forest demonstration county" and "national advanced science and technology county". It has one provincial industrial park and three industrial concentration areas. The second batch of national agricultural product quality and safety counties.