Yangqu County (simplified Chinese: 阳曲县; traditional Chinese: 陽曲縣; pinyin: Yángqǔ Xiàn) is a county of Shanxi Province, North China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Taiyuan, the capital of the province, and is both its northernmost and easternmost county-level division.

In 1920, Peter Torjesen, a Norwegian missionary, went to Hequ in Shanxi Province and established various social and community services as part of his ministry.

A ‘Samaritan Fund’ covers the costs of essential medical treatment for impoverished people in Yangqu County.

SES provides scholarships for children from poor families to remain in school, and has established a community centre that includes a library and computer equipment.

Various activities for local children take place at the centre, which also oversees a mobile library service that lends reading materials to rural schools.