Geography
　　On the north bank of the Liaodong Bay, Panjin is located in the south west part of Liaoning province.  The area under Panjin jurisdiction runs 87 kilometers from north to south, and 105 kilometers from east to west.  The Daliao river separates it from Yingkou to the south. Its land area is 3,959 square kilometers which is 2.68% of the land area of Liaoning province.

　　Agriculture  
　　Panjin has an advantageous geographical position and rich natural resources. It has four main agricultural resources. The first is its rich farmland favorable for rice production(74,900 hectares is rice fields). The second is the abundant reeds along the coast. The third is the aquatic resources, which provide advantageous conditions for the aquatic breeding industry.  The fourth is the vast area of grassland useful in the development of animal husbandry.

　　Resources  
　　Besides being abundant in land resources, there are many kinds of minerals as well. Oil, natural gas and salt have abundant reserves  in the Panjin area. The third biggest oil field in China, Liaohe oil field was located in 1993. The salt is mainly in the southern areas of Hujia and Tianshui in Panshan county with a considerably large deposit there 60-100 meters in depth.

　　Panjin is rich in water resources. There is 118 kilometers of coastline along the bay making Panjin is rich in aquatic and marine products. Panjin is known for its clam exports. The reed field, which extends more than 100 kilometers in length and covers 80,000 hectares, is the largest in the world.  Every year 54,700 hectares of reeds are harvested for a yearly yield of 400,000 tons of this paper product base material.
　　Panjin has 4000 hectares of top class grassland growing 40 kinds of grasses, which can feed 27,000 cattle. The main types of grasslands are sand grassland, saline grassland, low and humid grassland, and river bank grassland. There are 177 patches of grassland with a total area of 8,553 hectares available for use.