Shanglin County, affiliated to Nanning City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is located in the south of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the eastern foot of Daming Mountain, the northeast of Nanning City, the northeast of Xingbin District, south of Binyang County, southwest of Piwuming District, northwest of Mashan County, north of Xincheng County. The jurisdiction covers an area of 1,869.64 square kilometers. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Shanglin County was 359,323.

In 214 BC, Shanglin County was set up as Guilin County, and Shanglin County was Guilin County. On June 27, 2003, Nanning was abolished and Shanglin County was put under the jurisdiction of Nanning City. As of October 2021, Shanglin County has jurisdiction over 7 towns and 4 townships. Shanglin County people's government in Dafeng Town. On May 20, 2019, the Expert Committee on Active Aging of the United Nations Institute on Aging officially awarded Shanglin County of Nanning, Guangxi Province the honorary title of "World Longevity Township" in Malta. On February 13, 2020, Shanglin County won the title of "Safe Agricultural Machinery" demonstration County in 2019. On April 1, 2021, Shanglin County was selected into the second batch of national crop diseases and pests professional "unified control rule to create a county" promotion and evaluation list.

In 2021, the GDP of Shanglin County was 10.199 billion yuan, an increase of 7.6% over the previous year. The value added of the primary industry was 3.94 billion yuan, an increase of 11% over the previous year; The added value of the secondary industry was 1.856 billion yuan, an increase of 2% over the previous year; The value added of the tertiary industry was 5.147 billion yuan, an increase of 7.6 percent over the previous year.