Shanghanghang County is one of China's famous old revolutionary areas and former Central Soviet Union counties, and was once a national-level poverty-stricken county. Located in the mountainous region of western Fujian, the "ancestral land of the Hakka", the county's GDP has grown at an average annual rate of 10.3 percent over the past decade, ranking first among Fujian counties. In addition, since 2016, the county has been selected as one of the top ten counties in Fujian Province in terms of county economic strength for seven consecutive years and has gradually risen to the seventh place, becoming a county model for the revitalization and development of the old Soviet Union area in western Fujian.

In summary, Shanghang County is not poor.