Pingyin is a county under the jurisdiction of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province. With a total area of 715 square kilometers and a total population of 366,500, it administers 6 towns and 2 offices. It is known as "the source of donkey-hide gelatin in the world", "the capital of Chinese roses", and "the hometown of spring in Qilu". There are 24 schools of various levels and types in the whole county, including 12 primary schools, 2 junior high schools, 5 nine-year system schools, 2 senior high schools, 1 vocational school, and 2 private schools. There are also 50 kindergartens of various levels and types in the county, including 42 public kindergartens, 8 private kindergartens, 19 provincial demonstration kindergartens, and 30 provincial first-class kindergartens. There are 42,968 primary and secondary school students, 8,565 kindergarten children, and 3,875 staff members in the county.

Guided by Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era and deeply implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Pingyin County gives priority to education as a livelihood issue and prioritizes its guarantee and development. Following the work concept of "deeply cultivating connotation development and focusing on quality improvement", it focuses on education and teaching, highlights its main responsibilities and main businesses, achieves remarkable results in leading education and people's livelihood through party building, effectively optimizes educational resources, continuously deepens comprehensive education reform, further advances educational modernization, significantly improves school conditions, and continuously enhances the quality of education and teaching. The plan to benefit and strengthen teachers has further enhanced the sense of happiness among teachers, and the central kitchen has made children's food more secure. Pingyin County has achieved the goal of having the best buildings as schools, the most beautiful scenery on campus, and the most respected profession as teachers. In 2023, Pingyin became one in the first batch in the province and the first county in the city to welcome the national assessment and certification of balanced development of county-level compulsory education. The County Education and Sports Bureau was awarded the advanced collective of teaching and educating people and the advanced collective in the difficult in-depth reforms by the municipal party committee and government.