Located in the hinterland of Chongqing, in the middle reaches of Three Gorges Reservoir Area and the junction of Yangtze River and Wujiang River, Fu Ling is the largest distributing center along the course of Wujiang River.

It became one of 40 districts of Chongqing in 1998. With 48 villages, townships and sub-district offices under its jurisdiction, Fu Ling covers a total area of 2946 square kilometers with a population of 1.08 million, among which 850 thousand are rural population. Agricultural economy is its pillar industry.

Fuling is located in the sub-tropical climate zone swept by the moist monsoon. It has mild climate and ample rainfall, with rain and heat occurring in the same season. The annual average temperature is 16—18℃ and relative humidity is 79%. The frost-free period is as long as 300—320 days and sunshine time is up to 1079—1349 hours. The total rainfall amount reaches 1072—1182mm. The rate of drought occurring in summer (July and August) and in winter is 79% and 90% respectively.

The area of cultivated land and of grass land and hills in Fu Ling reaches 1750 thousand mu and 1.17 million mu. Water-covered area and non-development area is 209 thousand mu and 625 thousand mu. Purple soil, the main type of soil in this area covers 1.86 million mu, paddy soil and yellow soil reaches 760 thousand and 740 thousand mu respectively.

In recent years, the annual total output of grain keeps 46 tons, the output of oil plants, fruit and aquatic products is 6 thousand, 50 thousand and 7 thousand tons. About 790 thousand pigs are raised for slaughter per year. Cabbage mustard is the main agricultural by-product in this district, its planting area is 200 thousand mu with the total yield of 400 thousand tons. It was processed to 150 thousand tons of pickled mustard tuber each year, the product value was 0.74 billion yuan.