Location:  Liaoning Province is located in northeastern China bordered by Jilin Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Hebei Province. The province overlooks the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea as well as bordering the nation of North Korea on the Yalu River. Liaoning serves a key link between China’s northeast economic region and the Bohai Sea economic zone.  The province is a vital communication line from the northeast region to the north and the Shanhaiguan Pass of the Great Wall to the south.  Liaoning also provides a gateway from Manchuria to the Eurasian Continental Bridge to the west.

 Total area:  Liaoning Province covers a total land area of 145,900 square kilometers which accounts for 1.5 percent of China’s total land area.  The province with its peninsula extending into the Bohai Sea boasts an extensive coastline of 2,178 kilometers (12 percent of China’s total).  There are a number of significant islands and archipelagos including but not limited to the Changshan Archipelago and Shicheng Archipelago; Greater and Lesser Deer Islands, Chrysanthemum Island, Changxing Island, Pig Island, Snake Island and Fengming Island.