Sheyang County, under the jurisdiction of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the central coastal area of Jiangsu Province, between 33 ° 31 ′ 12 ″ - 34 ° 07 ′ 15 ″ N and 119 ° 55 ′ 48 ″ - 120 ° 34 ′ 47 ″ E, with a total area of 7730 square kilometers. Sheyang County is located in the middle latitude of the Northern Hemisphere and the coastal edge of Eurasia. By the end of 2018, Sheyang County has jurisdiction over 13 towns, another 6 township units, and the county government is located in Hede Town; According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Sheyang County is 759403.

In April of the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942), after the establishment of Sheyang County, it was successively subordinate to the Yanfu District Administrative Office, the Yanfu District Commissioner's Office, and the fifth and eleventh divisions of the Jiangsu and Anhui Border Region. In March 1983, after the implementation of the new system of city governing county, it was subordinate to the People's Government of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. In Sheyang County, there is G15 Shenyang-Haikou Expressway connecting the north and south, and the coastal high-grade highway runs through the whole territory. 90% of the world's rare red-crowned cranes overwinter in the national nature reserves, so Sheyang County is also known as "the hometown of cranes". Xixin Temple and Houyi Cultural Park have been approved as national 4A and 3A scenic spots respectively. In December 2018, it was selected as one of the top 100 national county economies with comprehensive competitiveness. On January 25, 2019, it was selected as the national "safe agricultural machinery" demonstration county in 2018. On March 6, 2019, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the State Administration of Cultural Relics included Sheyang County.

In 2020, Sheyang County achieved a GDP of 59.236 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1% at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 10.389 billion yuan, up 3.1% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 20.76 billion yuan, up 3.3% year on year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 28087 billion yuan, up 5.1% year on year. The per capita GDP was 67587 yuan, up 4.3%.