Ningdu County is located in the southeast of Jiangxi Province and the northeast of Ganzhou City. It is located between 115°40′～116°17′ in east diameter and 26°05′～27°08′ in north latitude. It is adjacent to Shicheng in the east. , Guangchang County, connected to Ruijin City and Yudu County to the south, Xingguo and Yongfeng County to the west, and Le'an, Yihuang and Nanfeng County to the north. It covers an area of ??4,053 square kilometers, ranking first in Ganzhou City and third in Jiangxi Province. Mountainous land accounts for 70.78%, cultivated land accounts for 11.16%, and water accounts for 3.93%. It is generally called "seven mountains, half water, half fields, and one part roads and manors." It currently governs 24 townships, 2 state-owned reclamation farms, and 348 administrative villages. The total population is 700,000, ranking third in Ganzhou City, including an agricultural population of 600,000 and an urban population of approximately 100,000. There are 9 ethnic minorities, including She, Zhuang and Tu, with a total population of 2,087, and the Han nationality accounts for more than 99% of the total population.
Ningdu has beautiful scenery and green mountains and beautiful waters. It is a good place for tourism and leisure. Cuiweifeng Scenic Area is the most famous. It is a national forest park 2.5 kilometers away from the county seat. The area has strange rocks and peaks, beautiful lakes and mountains. It is listed as the 35th blessed place among the 72 blessed places by Taoism. There are also the famous Buddhist mountain Lotus Mountain, the famous Licun Hot Spring, and the Lingyun Mountain Nature Reserve, each with its own characteristics.
Ningdu is a natural treasure, with superior location and natural conditions and abundant resources. It has 670,000 acres of arable land and a total grain output of 295,000 tons. It is the national commercial grain base county and is known as the "Granary of Southern Gansu". The forest area is 293,000 hectares, the standing stock volume is 7.848 million cubic meters, and the forest coverage rate reaches 65.9%. Ningdu belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid area, with a mild climate, abundant rainfall, sufficient sunshine, and four distinct seasons. The average temperature over the years is 18.3°C, the extreme highest temperature in the past is 39.3°C, and the lowest temperature in the past is -7.5°C. The average annual precipitation is 1,760 mm and the frost-free period is long (up to 280 days), making it suitable for the growth of subtropical crops. The average elevation of the county is 300-500 meters above sea level.
The agricultural characteristics are obvious, and the output value of the four major industries of fruit tea, yellow chicken, mat grass and white lotus reached 370 million yuan. Among them, a number of nationally famous agricultural and sideline products such as Ningdu navel orange, Xiaobuyan tea, and Zhensui rice noodles are famous at home and abroad. The industrial pillars are prominent. The industry focuses on the intensive processing of agricultural and sideline products and the labor-intensive light textile industry, establishing the pillar position of the food industry, light textile industry, and export-oriented industry. The private economy develops rapidly, and private industry occupies a leading position in industry. In 2001, the county's total industrial output value reached 1.035 billion yuan, and the industrial added value reached 436 million yuan.