Yangdong county/District, under the jurisdiction of Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, is located on the southwest coast of Guangdong Province, on the western edge of the Pearl River Delta, bordering Taishan and Enping City in the east, Jiangcheng District, Yangjiang City in the west, Yangchun City in the north, and the South China Sea in the south, with an area of 1703.03 square kilometers. As of 2019, there are 11 towns under the jurisdiction of Yangdong District. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Yangdong District is 478299.

The traditional dragon boat culture, kite culture, Danjia culture, knife and scissors culture and catering culture in Yangdong District are rich and colorful. On January 7, 1988, Yangjiang was removed from the county to establish a city (prefecture-level), and Yangdong District of Yangjiang City was established. Because its territory is in the east of Yangjiang, it is called Yangdong. Yangdong District is the manufacturing center of the hardware scissors industry cluster, forming an industrial system dominated by hardware manufacturing, food, clothing, wood processing and other industries, and has the reputation of "the capital of scissors in China".

In 2021, the region's gross regional product (GDP) will reach 34.36 billion yuan, up 7.9% year on year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 5.766 billion yuan, up 2.4% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 17.925 billion yuan, up 10.7% year on year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 10.669 billion yuan, up 6.6% year on year. The per capita GDP was 71561 yuan, up 7.2% year on year.