Lianping County, under the jurisdiction of Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, is located in the northern part of Guangdong Province and the upper reaches of Xinfeng River. Between 24 degrees 06' north latitude and 24 degrees 36' east longitude 1 14 degrees 14'; The county is 72.4 kilometers long from east to west and 55.6 kilometers wide from north to south. It borders peace county in the east, Dongyuan County and Xinfeng County in Heyuan City in the south, wengyuan county in the west and longnan county and quannan county in Jiangxi Province in the north. It is 2 17km from Guangzhou, 0/00km from Heyuan, 278km from Shenzhen and 263km from Ganzhou. With a total area of 2,365 square kilometers, this county is the first county where the 105 national highway enters Guangdong. Li Anping is rich in resources and is known as the "hometown of nonferrous metals" in northern Guangdong. Li Anping is a rapidly developing backward area. In 2004 and 2005, the county's comprehensive economic growth rate ranked first among 67 mountainous counties (cities) in the province for two consecutive years.