Guangning County, alternately romanized as Kwongning County, is a county in western Guangdong, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaoqing. Guangning County has an area of 2,380 square kilometers (920 sq mi), with a population of 408,112 (2020 census).

The Explanation of County Names^{[clarification needed]} states that the name of Guangning County—literally "widely" or "broadly pacified"—is a reference to the defeat of a large mob of bandits by the central government in 1559, shortly before the founding of the county.

Guangning County was founded on October 30, 1559, under the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming.^{[citation needed]} It has formed part of Zhaoqing since at least the Qing.

Lying in the valley of Sui River, Guangning has been developing along the riversides. Surrounded by green hills and mountains, Guangning is considered as a pearl in a greenery cradle. Average temperature in January is 12.4 °C (54.3 °F), in July is 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), with an annual precipitation of 1,717 mm (67.6 in).

The town of Nanjie is the centre of administration in this county. There are 16 other towns in Guangning. They are:

Tantalum, Niobium, Gold, Jade, Porcelain clay, granite etc.

Guangning is considered as the Hometown of Bamboo, since it has 108-million-acre (440,000 km²) of land built with various kinds of bamboos, and the annual production of it has reached 250 thousand tons.

Main plants includes rice, sweet potatoes, peanuts, Sugarcane, Teas, Mulberry