Fushun is a highly industrialized area. It is connected by rail with nearby Shenyang and with Dalian.  Fushun’s enormous open-pit coal mine, which has been in operation since about the 12th century, is now highly mechanized. Oil deposits, also mined there, are processed in the Fushun oil refineries. Fushun has a major aluminum-reduction plant and factories making automobiles, machinery, chemicals, cement, and rubber. The city was developed by Russia until 1905 and by Japan until 1945.

　　Fushun still known as "the city of coal", located 45 km east of Shenyang. Is has developed as a thriving center for fuel, power and raw materials but is also offering more and more opportunities in textiles and electronics.

　　Population
　　2.3 million inhabitants, including 1.4 million in the urban area. 

　　Communication and Transport
　　Fushun is only 40 km away from Shenyang Taoxian airport.  Railways and highways connect the city to Shenyang and Jilin Province. The seaports of Dalian and Yingkou are also located very close, 400 and 200 km away respectively, with good highway connections.

　　Resources
　　Fushun is rich in many types of resources including wood, coal, iron, copper , magnesium, gold, marble, titanium, and marl.  Hydraulic and thermal power is also an important locally available resource.

　　Industrial development
　　Fushun has developed through the utilization of the abundant natural mineral deposits found in the area and is a nationally important heavy industrial base for petroleum, chemical, metallurgy machinery and construction material industries.   New sectors also becoming prominent are electronics, light industry, weaving and spinning.

　　Tourism
　　Fushun has a developed tourist industry with high mountains and thick forests and a number of historic and cultural sites within the area.