Pingxiang is a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province and an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Located in the west of Jiangxi Province, it borders Yichun City and Ji 'an City in the east, Ji 'an City and Zhuzhou City in Hunan Province in the south, Zhuzhou City in Hunan Province in the west and Changsha City in Hunan Province in the north. The landform is complex, belonging to subtropical humid monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons.

The land area is 3823.99 square kilometers, covering Anyuan and Xiangdong districts and Shangli, Luxi and Lianhua counties. Yuhu East Road, Baiyuan Street, Anyuan District, Municipal People's Government. According to the data of the seventh census, the resident population of Pingxiang is 1804805. In 2022, Pingxiang achieved a regional GDP of11603.3 billion yuan. ?

Pingxiang is the "west gate" of Jiangxi, which is at the center of the economic development pattern in the west of Jiangxi. It is called the Hunan-Jiangxi Passage and the throat of Wu Chu. Pingxiang is located in the radiation core area of changzhutan economic circle, and receives radiation from Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and Southeast Fujian Economic Zone. Shanghai-Kunming Railway runs through the hinterland of the city and connects Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Kowloon arteries.

3 19 and 320 national highways pass through the city, and Shanghai-Kunming Expressway and Hong Ping Expressway run through the whole territory. The urban area is only120km away from Huanghua Airport in Changsha, Hunan Province, with superior geographical conditions.

In 2022, it was selected as the first batch of updated provincial pilot cities in Jiangxi Province.