Pinglu County, attached to Yuncheng City of Shanxi Province, is the southern gate of Shanxi Province, with a total area of 1,173.5 square kilometers. In the national climate division is the north temperate sub-humid climate zone of Weihe climate zone, a warm temperate continental climate. As of October 2019, Pinglu County has jurisdiction over 6 towns and 4 townships. County government in Saint Jian town. According to the seventh census, the permanent population of Pinglu County was 205,080 as of midnight on November 1, 2020.

The early Tang Dynasty was in Puzhou. In the first year of Tianbao (742), Li Qiwu, the governor of Shaanxi County, opened the Cao Road of the three gates of the Yellow River to facilitate water transportation. He dug out the ancient blade from the river with the seal character "Pinglu". Since May 1, 1970, Pinglu has been under the jurisdiction of Yuncheng Administration. In January 2001, Yuncheng was changed into a city, and Pinglu was under the jurisdiction of Yuncheng. Transport three high-speed, 209 national road, Menghua railway across the north and south.

In 2018, Pinglu County achieved a total GDP of 488.031 million yuan, an increase of 7 percent over the previous year based on comparable prices. The value added of the primary industry was 1.074.43 million yuan, up by 3.1%; The added value of the secondary industry was 180,843 million yuan, up by 7.7%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 1997.45 million yuan, up by 8.8%. In 2020, the GDP of Pinglu County reached 533.505 million yuan, an increase of 5.5 percent over the previous year based on comparable prices.