Pingshun County, belonging to Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, is located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, the east of Changzhi City, the county area of 1550 square kilometers, jurisdiction over 5 towns, 6 townships, 151 administrative villages, by the end of 2020, Pingshun County total number of 56,308 households, registered population of 150,585 people, according to the seventh census data, as of November 1, 2020, The resident population of Pingshun County is 115,927.

Pingshun County is located in the western half of the southern section of Taihang Mountains. It is a typical dry stone mountain area and old revolutionary base area. The terrain is rugged, the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, the soil is barren, and the natural conditions are harsh. During the Anti-Japanese War, Pingshun County was part of the Taihang anti-Japanese base, where the older generation of revolutionaries such as Zhu De and Yang Xiufeng lived and fought. During the period of agricultural cooperation in the 1950s, it was well-known that Li Shunda, Shen Jilan and other advanced models led the people of Xigou village to develop agriculture and forestry production. The Xigou Spirit became a banner of China's agricultural front.

Pingshun County mainly planted corn, millet, wheat, potatoes and other crops, rich Sichuan pepper, codonopsis, forsythia. Industrial categories include mining, metallurgy, building materials, hydropower, wind power, machinery, agricultural and sideline product processing. The main tourist attractions are Taihang Water Town, Tongtian Gorge, Tianji Mountain, Shenlong Bay, Xigou Village and so on. Wa - Day railway, Changping highway across the whole territory.
Pingshun County is a key county in national poverty alleviation and development work. On September 25, 2018, it was awarded the honorary title of "2018 E-commerce into Rural Comprehensive Demonstration County" by the Ministry of Commerce. Pingshun County was reconfirmed as the national Health County (township) in 2018. In March 2019, it was listed among the first batch of counties under protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics. On February 27, 2020, with the approval of Shanxi Provincial government, Pingshun County was removed from the impoverished county. 2020 China Summer leisure top 100 counties and cities.
In 2020, the GDP of Pingshun County was 2.432.58 million yuan, an increase of 3.8 percent over the previous year. In 2021, the GDP of Pingshun County was 3.02 billion yuan, an increase of 10.8% over 2020.