Zitong County, located in the northeast of Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, is between 104°57 '16 "-- 105°27' 35" east longitude and 31°25 '27 "-- 31°51' 43" north latitude. The county is 35 kilometers wide from east to west and 52.5 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of 1443.92 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 16 towns (townships). According to the 7th census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Zitong County was 277,000.

Zitong, since ancient times, has the reputation of "the hometown of five grains and the rich and flourishing forest and silkworm". It gets its name because of "the east of Zitong Forest and the west of Tong water". Since the twenty-second year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (285 BC), he set up a county, which has a history of more than 2,300 years, giving birth to the rich and diverse cultures of Qin and Han dynasties, The Three Kingdoms, Han and Tang Dynasties, Wenchang culture, red culture and the traditional Chinese medicine culture represented by the holy hand of Chinese medicine Pu Fuzhou. Within the territory of Qqushan Temple, Changqing Mountain Liyeque, Wolong Mountain Qianfoyan Grottoes three national key cultural relic protection units.

In 2021, the GDP of Zitong County reached 16.48 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 8.3%; The value added of the primary industry increased by 7.6%; The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 11%; The value added of the service sector grew by 9.5%; Total investment in fixed assets grew by 12.5%, and revenue in local general public budgets rose by 21.5%. Total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 18.7%; Per capita disposable income of urban residents increased by 8.8%; Per capita disposable income of rural residents increased by 10.4%.