Yanting County governs 1 economic development zone, 14 towns, and 22 townships (1 ethnic township). 14 towns: Yunxi, Fuyi, Yulong, Huangdian, Jinkong, Lianghe, Bajiao, Heiping, Baizi, Anjia, Gaodeng, Jinji, Linnong, Julong; 22 townships: Daxing, Linshan, Feng River, Shiniu Temple, Jin'an, Yongtai, Xize, Wulong, Juxi, Zhegong, Zonghai, Longquan, Huangxi, Maogong, Sanyuan, Chating, Shuangbei, Ma Yang, Jianhe, Xinnong , Liangcha River, Lailong. There are 64 urban community residents' committees, 456 villagers' committees, 24 villagers' groups and 4,464 villagers' groups. Yunxi Town, where the Yanting County Government is located, is named after the poem by Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, "The flowers in the cloud stream are light and the spring water is cool."