Zhengning County belongs to Qingyang City, Gansu Province, located in the southeast of Qingyang City, Gansu Province, at the west foot of Ziwuling Mountain, bounded by huangling county in Shaanxi Province in the east, Xunyi County in Shaanxi Province in the south, Bin County in Shaanxi Province in the southwest, Jinghe River in Changwu County, Shaanxi Province in the west and Ning County in Gansu Province in the north, with geographical coordinates of 3514' 40 "-35 36' north latitude. Zhengning County governs 8 towns and 2 townships (at the end of 20 18), with a total of 10 communities, 94 villages and 677 villagers' groups, with a total population of 245,700 (at the end of 20 19). In 20 19, Zhengning County achieved a regional GDP of 2.457 billion yuan.

Land resources are relatively vast, with a total area of 13 19.5 square kilometers. Ziwuling forest area in the east is a natural secondary forest area with a total area of 387 square kilometers, accounting for 29.3% of the total land area. The forest and grass cover here, and the vegetation is superior. It is a natural reservoir for water conservation and rainfall regulation in this county. It accounts for 80% of the total forestland area in our county. Cultivated land is mostly distributed in the relatively flat and fertile areas of Gonghe, Yonghe, Shanjia and Yueming, with flat land, deep soil layer and high maturity, mostly fertile black ridge soil, totaling 236,600 mu, accounting for 43% of cultivated land. The three rivers running through the county have 23,000 mu of Sichuan terraces, accounting for 4.6% of the cultivated land. It constitutes the basic farmland with high and stable yield of crops in our county.