Introduction
　　Shenyang is the capital of Liaoning province and China's fifth largest city. The city is located on the river basin of the Liaohe and Hunhe Rivers.  Shenyang is considered the “hub” of Northeast China.  All road and rail connections pass through Shenyang and it serves as the communication, commerce, science and culture center of Northeast China.  Shenyang has advanced railway and highway systems connecting it with nearby steel-city Anshan, coal-city Fushun, iron-city Benxi, electricity-city Fuxin, forming an industrial city group.                             

　　History
　　Then called Mukden, Shenyang was the capital of Manchuria from 1625-1644. Its imperial Palace stands as evidence of that period. The main structures were started by Nurhachi and completed in 1636 by his son, Huang Taiji (1592-1643), who founded the Qing Dynasty. The palace now functions as a museum, with exhibitions of ivory and jade artifacts, musical instruments, furniture and Ming and Qing paintings.

　　Geography
　　Shenyang is located in the first of 3 Northeast China provinces, in the center of Liaoning province.  It is situated in the inland area of the Liaodong peninsula. Shenyang is north of the Bohai Sea and southwest of the Changbai mountains.  It has a typical northern temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons.  Shenyang covers an area of 185 sqkm. Shenyang is divided in to 9 districts and also has 3 counties(suburbs)under its jurisdiction.  Shenyang's total area is 12,980 sqkm extending 115 kms from east to west and 205 kms from south to north.  The terrain is smooth, rich with fertile soil and underground resources.

　　Population
　　Shenyang's total population is 6.67  million , with  5.68 million  living in urban areas . 

　　Resources
　　Shenyang  ranks  first in Liaoning province in terms of  natural  resources ,  with  21  profitable  mineral reserves discovered , including coal, oil, gas  and iron ore.  There are 56 raw materials  markets and special markets in Shenyang, with an annual turnover of 12 billion yuan. They deal in steel, timber, coal, nonferrous metals, machinery and chemical engineering products. Shenyang has been an important heavy industrial base in China and has a large work force.

　　Industry
　　Shenyang has a modern comprehensive industrial system which includes machinery equipment manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and electronics information.

　　Shenyang is well know for its machinery manufacturing such as electricity transfer and transforming equipment, machine tools, general machinery and heavy mining equipment, and light automobile manufacturing.

　　By the end of 1990s, Shenyang had grown into one of the main light automobile bases in China. It has over 120 automobile-related firms, with an annual production capacity of 86,000 units. Light trucks, large and medium-sized passenger automobiles, and automobile engines have been its main products. The sales of Shenyang Jinbei Automobile Company, associated with the No.1 Automobile Manufacturing Group(Changchun), has accounted for over 90 percent of the city's total.  The city has cooperations with 20 of the top 500 automobile manufacturers in the world, including General motors, Mitsubishi, and Toyota.