Fuxin is a city built on coal.  From 1840 coal has been the lifeblood of this urban center.  The current population of Fuxin is 1.89 million people including 760,000 in the urban proper districts.  Fuxin transportation infrastructure has increased tremendously over the last ten years.  There are two main railway stations in the city and the average rail journey to the provincial capital of Shenyang takes approximately two hours.  There are numerous long-distance buses and coaches plying between Shenyang and Fuxin and the time needed for the journey is ever-decreasing thanks to the developing highway system.

　　Natural Resources
　　Fuxin has an abundant supply of natural resources including minerals, crops, and livestock.  There are also significant supplies of silica, sand, cement, marble, and agate.  Fuxin also produces a considerable amount of mineral water.  Fuxin leads the province in livestock production including sheep, beef production and pork production.  The forests surrounding Fuxin serve a key role in the sand-break effort and forestation as China attempts to halt the spread eastward of the Gobi Desert.

　　Culture and Education
　　Fuxin enjoys a thriving cultural environment with libraries, museums, theatres, academies and bookstores.  Fuxin has also been home to a few of China’s writers and artists down through history.  Mass media are burgeoning in Fuxin and the surrounding areas with the Fuxin Daily News, the Fuxin People’s Broadcasting Station, Fuxin Cable Television Station, Fuxin Mongolian Broadcasting Station and others.  There have also been great advances in the medical and health fields with more and more high-tech facilities available each year.  Those seeking the curative effects of traditional Mongolian medicine can also find practitioners with good reputations throughout China.

　　Fuxin is an educational center for the region with six institutions of higher learning, 21 technical schools, and 161 middle and primary schools.  The city enjoys a fine reputation for training engineers in the local universities.  Recent reforms in education policies and procedures will only serve to strengthen the solid educational base that already exists.