Puning, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, is managed by Jieyang City. It is located in the east and south of Guangdong Province, in the west of Chaoshan Plain, and in the upstream of Rongjiang River, Lianjiang River and Longjiang River. Between 115 ° 43 ′ 10 ″ E to 116 ° 21 ′ 02 ″ E and 23 ° 05 ′ 40 ″ N to 23 ° 31 ′ 48 ″ N, the Tropic of Cancer crosses the northern part of the city, covering a total area of 1620.05 square kilometers. It is a pilot project of fiscal reform in counties directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. By the end of November 2021, the total registered residence population of the city will be 2515400; By the end of 2021, the city's permanent population will be 2017100.

In 2021, Puning will have jurisdiction over 7 streets, 18 towns, 1 township, and 8 township units including 5 farms and 2 industrial parks. The municipal government is stationed in Liusha North Street. The Tieshan hills and peaks between Rongjiang Plain and Lianjiang Plain are verdant, and there are many orchids and cymbidium growing on the cliffs in ancient times. Therefore, the "Tieshan orchids" is the city sculpture of Puning.

Puning is a famous cultural town in Chaoshan and a famous trade city with strong influence at home and abroad. It is famous at home and abroad for its ten major professional markets, such as clothing, traditional Chinese medicine, tea and fruit. There are a number of large commercial markets such as Kangmei (Puning) specialized market for traditional Chinese medicine, Puning International Clothing City, Puning International Commodity City, etc. Clothing and medicine are the two pillar industries of Puning, the largest shirt production base in China, the largest traditional Chinese medicine base in South China, the largest distribution center for clothing, tobacco, tea, fruit, textiles and other goods in East Guangdong, and the passenger and freight transport transfer station in East Guangdong.

In 2021, Puning's GDP will reach 60.759 billion yuan, up 6.3% year on year (the same below).

On October 22, 2018, it was included in the list of pilot zones for the integrated development of the national rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries in 2018. In November 2018, it was selected as one of the top 100 industrial counties (cities) in 2018. In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization areas and counties. In 2019, the gross regional product of Puning was 62.92 billion yuan, an increase of 2.8% over the same period last year.