Qingtian county is located in the southeast of Zhejiang Province, in the middle and lower reaches of Oujiang River, in the west of Wenzhou and in the southeast of Lishui. It borders Wenzhou and Yongjia in the east, Ruian and Wencheng in the south, Jingning She Autonomous County in the west and Jinyun in the north, with a total area of 2,493 square kilometers. It is known as "nine mountains, half water and half fields". Known as "China Stone Capital Qingtian". Qingtian has a long history and has the reputation of "hometown of stone carving, hometown of overseas Chinese and hometown of celebrities".

In 20 13, Qingtian deeply implemented the development strategy of "deepening Wenzhou radiation, building a world Qingtian and building a happy hometown of overseas Chinese", and closely combined with the reality, painted a magnificent new scene of "rich, beautiful, harmonious and healthy" hometown of overseas Chinese. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 in June 2020, the permanent population of qingtian county was 509,053.

Historical evolution:

192 1 June, the county government supervision system was implemented, and qingtian county successively belonged to the first 1 1 district, the second special zone, the ninth district, the seventh district and the sixth district administrative supervision district (the offices of the administrative inspectors are all located in Lishui). 1937 in may, qingtian county was placed under the fifth administrative supervision area (the office of the administrative supervision Commissioner was located in Wenzhou).

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), qingtian county was attached to Wenzhou Special Zone. 1May 1963 was changed to Lishui area (1968,165438+1October), which has not been changed so far.