Pingyin county [Photo/pingyin.gov.cn]

Pingyin county, located in southwestern Jinan, and covers an area of 827 square kilometers. It governs two subdistricts, six towns, 14 communities and 337 administrative villages.

By the end of 2019, Pingyin county achieved a regional GDP of 22.32 billion yuan ($3.22 billion), a year-on-year growth of 7.1 percent based on comparable prices. The added values of its primary, secondary and tertiary sectors were 3.18 billion yuan, 12.8 billion yuan and 6.32 billion yuan respectively. The ratio of the three sectors was 14.3:57.4:28.3.

The total registered population of the county reached 373,700 by the end of the year, down 0.3 percent year-on-year. The permanent resident population was 360,100, with a birth rate of 9.65 per thousand and a mortality rate of 7.60 per thousand.

Pingyin county is considered the home of Chinese roses owing to its unique geographical and geological conditions. Rose cultivation in the area can be traced back over 1,300 years.