Situated in eastern Liaoning Province, Fushun is one of China's largest cities. It is 45 km to Shenyang, the provincial capital, and has a population of 2,268,100, and an area of l0,816 sq km, including 675 sqkm of the city proper. It consists of four districts and three countiesunder its jurisdiction.

Fushun City is rich in mineral resources, including 52 minerals such as coal, iron copper zinc, gold, kerogen shale and marble. There are more than 410 mines now operating or soon to be operating.

With its rich agricultural base and flourishing agriculture, forestry. animal husbandry and sideline production. Fushun is a fertile "land of fish, rice and forest." The total Farmland of the area has reached more than 80,000 hectares, forests over 60,000 ,and aquaculture, approximately 1,300.

There are more than 500 varieties of wild plants, including ginseng, wild fruits, medicinal materials and mountain greens; and over 200 varieties of wild animals, including badger, bear and deer. There are abundant water resources and 12 large rivers. With an average annual flow of 3.2 billion cum, and 116 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of 2.5 billion curn. Fushun is a major water-supply base for Liaoning Province.

Fushun City has an advantageous geographical location and convenient transportation. It is 40 km from the Taoxian Airport in Shenyang, 200 km from Yingkou Harbor, and 400 km from Dalian Harbor, all accessible by expressys. The Shenyang-Jilin and Shenyang-Fushun railways are connected to the national railway network, making for convenient freight and passenger transport

Fushun also is now equipped with modern postal facilities and digitally transmitted and program-controlled telephone exchanges. There are more than 900 long-distance telephone lines and over 100 international lines, all accessible to more than 200 countries.

Fushun is an open city with three development zones, which have begun attracting a great amount of foreign business investment. Fushun offers the advantages of production costs which are lower than the national level, its position as a raw materials production base, and a beneficial tax policy. Fushun has developed economic and trade relations with approximately 100 nations around the world, and has established friendly relationships with the cities of Iwaki and Yubari in Japan, Arad in Romania, Foster City in the U.S.A., Lipa in the Philippines, and Gladbach in Germany.

Fushun is an industrial city of tremaendous strength with a complete range of enterprises including petroleum, chemicals, metallurgy, coal, machinery, electronics, electric power, light industries and textiles, and with raw and semi-finished materials industries as its mainstay. Fushun has three large petroleum plants, two steel mills, one aluminum works. three coal mines, eight chemical plants, one construction machinery plant and an electromagnetism plant. Its refining volume of crude oil accounts for 11 percent of China's entire total, its output of aluminum and conducted, 10 percent, digging machinery. 30 percent; and high-tension power station electro magnatism, 45 percent Fushun's coal, special steel, color TV sets and textiles also play an important role in China's economy.

Fushun has been an important commercial city since ancient times, and now it is flourishing as ever before. The city contains some l60 consumer goods markets, with total annual retail sales of 8.4 billion yuan.

Local finance is a1so f1ourishing, and many financial organization5such as banks and trust and security companies can be found throughout the city, forming a comprehensive financial system with solid financial strength.

Fushun is a famous tourist attraction in northeast China. Major scenic spots include: the Gaoershan Tower on the West Peak of Gaoershan Mountain in the northern part of the city, which was constructed in the Liao Dynasty,

The Fushun MunicipaI Government has always paid great attention to city construction and has