Ningde, also known as Mindong, is the hometown of large yellow croaker in China. It is located in the northeast coast of Fujian Province and the eastern part of Fujian Province, facing the East China Sea in the east, facing Taiwan Province Province across the sea, Nanping in the west, Fuzhou, the provincial capital, in the south and Zhejiang in the north. Fujian is the closest central city to the Yangtze River Delta, Japan and South Korea. The land area is 1.34 million square kilometers, and the area directly adjacent to the sea area is 44,600 square kilometers. It has a world-class natural deep-water port Sandu 'ao. The terrain is dominated by hills and mountains, and the coastal areas are small plains, which belong to the mid-subtropical maritime monsoon climate.

Ningde City has jurisdiction over Jiaocheng District, Dongqiao Economic Development Zone (the administrative level of national development zones is referred to as Dongqiao New District), Fuan City, fuding city, Gutian County, Xiapu County, zhouning county, Shouning County, Pingnan County and Zherong County. As of 20 10, 1 1, the registered population of the whole city is about 3.39 million, of which the population of She nationality is180,000 (accounting for a quarter of China).

Ningde is also a leisure eco-tourism resort along the southeast coast of China, with a total of World Geopark 1, 2 5A-level scenic spots, 3 national-level scenic spots and 7 provincial-level scenic spots. There are Lushan Mountain, Taishan Islands, Dajing, Xiyang Island, Sandu 'ao and other coastal scenic spots. There are 2 national forest parks, 4 provincial forest parks, 1 national wetland park/kloc-0, 2 provincial nature reserves and 9 municipal nature reserves in the inland.