Pingliang，adjacent to Qingyang and stretching across Longshan Mountain, lies in the east of Gansu province. It covers one district and six counties. The total area of Pingliang is 11,000 km². It housed a population of 2,125,300 in 2019. Pingliang is an important part of the old Silk Road. It’s a major provincial production base of agricultural and forestry products as well as an important production base of animal husbandry and cash crops both in Gansu and the northwestern area. In that area Pingliang plays a big role as a fur distribution center and the origin of all sorts of Chinese medicinal substances. Pingliang is also renowned for being one of 13 large coal bases in China, the largest coal power industry base in Gansu province, and the “Dry Wharf” of Longshang and the“Longdong Granary”.

Pingliang is one the original sources of Chinese civilization. More than 3000 years ago the people of the Zhou Dynasty (1100 - 221 BC) created a relatively advanced farming culture around the Jinghe River Basin. Many outstanding figures shining through Chinese history can be found in Pingliang. Within the territory, many historical and cultural heritages have been found, including 2,257 sites related to the Yangshao, Qijia and other dynastic periods. Pingliang has 12 key cultural relic sites under state protection, 65 key cultural relic sites under provincial protection, and a collection of over 30,000 relics, 199 of which are national first class cultural relics.

Pingliang is enchanted with its Kongtong Taoic culture, the Fuxi Culture of the Paleogene period, the prehistoric culture of West Queen and the medical culture of Huangfu Mi. The unearthed gold and silver Buddhist coffins, Bronzes of the Western Zhou Dynasty(c.11th century-771BC) and a currency silver box of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) are known as the “the Best of China”. Kongtong Martial Arts, as famous as Shaolin, Wudang, Ermei, and over 10 other folk cultures are included in the Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection list. With an organic combination of profound cultural deposits and modern civilization, Pingliang forms regional cultural characteristics of diversity, meaningfulness, inclusivity and openness. Tourism resources are embedded in the city with over 100 natural and human-made landscapes such as Kongtong Mountain, the first national AAAAA level travelling scenic area, Yunya Temple of the forest park, South Grottoes of the National Heritage Site, Wangmu Palace of Jingchuan and Longquan Temple in Chongxin. With its uniqueness and fame, Pingliang was selected as “Top Tourism City in China”, “Top 10 Most Satisfying Scenic Areas in China” and as one of the “50 Places Worth Visiting in China for Foreigners”