Yongnian County is located in the south of Hebei Province, at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, with Handan City 10 km to the south, Shijiazhuang 150 km to the provincial capital, and 420 km to Beijing. It is the intersection of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces. National Highway 107, Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Beijing-Shenzhen expressway run through the north and south, while National Highway 309 and Hanlin Provincial Highway run through the east and west, with convenient transportation and developed communication. The county has a total area of 908 square kilometers, 960,000 mu of cultivated land and a total population of 840,000, and governs 20 townships and 450 administrative villages. In 2004, the county's GDP reached 7.32 billion yuan, the fiscal revenue reached 285 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 3,468 yuan.

Yongnian county has a long history of more than 2000 years. Since ancient times, there has been a reputation of "merchants gathered and the Central Plains was rich". More than 7,000 years ago, Yangshao culture and other early human civilizations were bred, with splendid culture, rich materials and outstanding people. There are Guangfu Ancient City, the capital of Dou Jiande at the end of Sui Dynasty, Yongnianwa, Yang and Wu-style Tai Ji Chuan, the second largest depression in Hebei with an area of about 46,000 mu, and some cultural relics and historic sites with tourism and research value, such as Hongji Bridge, Tomb, Zhushan Stone Carving, Guanyin Pavilion, Hongyu Temple and Lingshan. Yongnian county is rich in resources, and there are more than 10 kinds of mineral resources in western mountainous areas. The proven reserves include gold, iron, coal, porcelain clay and bentonite, which have great development value.