Pingyu County, subordinate to Zhumadian City, Henan Province, is located in the east of Zhumadian City, about 60 kilometers away from the urban area. It borders Xincai County and Linquan County, Anhui Province in the east, Xiang City and Shangcai County in the north, Zhengyang County in the south, and Runan County in the west. It is between 32 ° 44 ′ - 33 ° 10 ′ north latitude and 114 ° 24 ′ - 114 ° 55 ′ east longitude, with a total area of 1282 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 11 towns and 5 townships. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Pingyu County is 728672.

Pingyu is the home of Cheyu culture in China, a national key county for poverty alleviation and development, a national waterproof and moisture-proof town, a national health county, a provincial garden city, a national civilized county, and the second batch of counties (districts) meeting the standard of water-saving society construction. On January 22, 2020, it was named National Garden County by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development. In November 2020, it was selected as the 6th National Civilized City.

In 2020, Pingyu County will achieve a GDP of 26.52009 billion yuan, an increase of 4.7% over the previous year at comparable prices. By industry, the added value of the primary industry was 4.9042 billion yuan, up 3.0%; The added value of the secondary industry was 10.82319 billion yuan, up 5.3%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 10.7927 billion yuan, up 4.7%. The three industrial structures were adjusted from 17.3:41.8:40.9 in the previous year to 18.5:40.8:40.7. Among them, the proportion of the primary industry increased by 1.2 percentage points, the proportion of the secondary industry decreased by 1 percentage point, and the proportion of the tertiary industry decreased by 0.2 percentage points.