Liaoyang, located in the middle of Liaodong Peninsula urban agglomeration, is an ancient cultural city with a long history and a new modern petrochemical textile industrial base. It has jurisdiction over Liaoyang County, dengta city (county-level city), Baita, Wen Sheng, Hongwei, Taizihe and Gongchangling. It is located at12236'-12341'east longitude and 40 5-47 31'north latitude, and belongs to continental temperate monsoon climate. The city has a total area of 473 1 km2 and a population of 1.78 million. The ancient city of Liaoyang has a long history. During the Warring States Period more than 2,400 years ago, Liaoyang belonged to the Yan State and was the capital of Liaodong County, and has been an important town ever since. During Liao and Jin Dynasties, it was designated as the capital. In the early Qing Dynasty, Nurhachi used Liaoyang as the capital (the east was built on the east bank of the Taizi River). From the beginning of 3rd century BC to the middle of17th century, Liaoyang has been the political, economic, cultural and military center of northeast China. The long history of civilization has left many cultural heritages. Liaoyang Han Wei mural tomb is a national key cultural relic, hundreds of years earlier than Dunhuang murals; Liaoyang White Pagoda, one of the six ancient pagodas in China, has a thousand-year history and is the symbol of Liaoyang ancient city. Yanzhou City was built in the 5th century A.D., which is a well-preserved wall of northern minorities in ancient China. Kannonji is a building in Yuan Dynasty and the only existing Buddhist temple in Liaoyang. The monument inscribed by Cao Xueqin, Cao's great-grandfather, and Wang Erlie, a native of Liaoyang who was famous in Sanjiang in Qing Dynasty, are precious cultural relics and historic sites. Social undertakings in Liaoyang City have developed rapidly, with all-round development in science and technology, education, culture, health and sports, complete urban infrastructure and complete services. The level of greening, beautification and purification of the city has been greatly improved. It is a first-class sanitary city in Liaoning Province and an advanced "green leaf cup" city in the province. From now until 20 10, Liaoyang will vigorously implement the three strategies of "optimizing the structure, rejuvenating the city through science and education, and stimulating the outside world" in accordance with the Ninth Five-Year Plan and the 20 10 long-term goal plan, accelerate the pace of "two fundamental changes" and promote the all-round development of the national economy and various social undertakings. By the year 2000, the city's per capita GNP will more than double that of 1995. By 20 10, Liaoyang will become the largest petrochemical textile base in northern China.

Liaoyang is rich in natural resources. There are more than 30 kinds of known mineral deposits, with considerable reserves of iron, coal, gold, copper, oil, gypsum, clay, water chestnut and magnesium, and abundant natural gas. Tanghe mineral spring is famous at home and abroad. Iron ore reserves rank second in the province, coal reserves rank fifth in the province and gypsum reserves rank first in the northeast. Tanghe hot spring is a precious medical mineral spring with high radon and silicic acid content, which has remarkable curative effect on chronic diseases. Cold spring is a natural water source with low salinity of sodium bicarbonate, and it is an ideal water source for processing beverages after national identification. Liaoyang has many rivers and rich water resources. There are 29 rivers, such as Taizi River and Hunhe River, which are distributed all over the country. Shenwo and Tanghe Reservoirs can store 654.38+0.5 billion cubic meters of water. Liaoyang has a good ecological environment, and the eastern mountainous area is rich in fruit forests, with a forest coverage rate of 35.2%. "Liao Hong No.1" hawthorn is well known, and it is also rich in apples. Hundreds of Chinese herbal medicines produced in mountainous areas, China Pharmacopoeia 167. The western plain is rich in soil and water resources, and is rich in crops such as rice, sorghum, corn and soybeans. Many ponds are suitable for breeding freshwater fish, and they are the land of fish and rice. Liaoyang County and dengta city are the key grain producing areas in the province, as well as the national commodity grain base counties and key freshwater fish breeding counties.

Liaoyang city has a relatively complete industrial category. Including petrochemical fiber, light industry, textile, metallurgy, chemistry, machinery, electronics, building materials, energy, medicine and food processing. Among them, chemical fiber industry is one of the national key bases. Liaoyang Petrochemical Fiber Industry Co., Ltd. is a super-large petrochemical fiber joint venture in China, mainly importing equipment, with modern technical equipment and management level. Liaoyang has the largest pharmaceutical machinery factory and the national paper machinery and industrial paperboard production base, and the ferroalloy factory is a key enterprise in the national ferroalloy industry.

Liaoyang enjoys an excellent geographical position and convenient transportation and communication. Changda Railway and Shenyang-Dalian expressway run through the north and south, 332km away from Dalian Port, 62km away from Yingkou Bayuquan Port/KLOC-0 and 60km away from Shenyang Taoxian International Airport. The city's road network extends in all directions. Communication is convenient, the city has realized telephone program control, and international direct dial telephone, mobile phone and fax are widely used. Liaoyang is rich in electric power resources, the northeast transmission line runs through the territory, and there are 5 thermal power plants, which are self-sufficient in electricity and have been transferred in large quantities.

Liaoyang has developed agriculture and rural economy. The western plain is rich in soil, rich in rice, corn and freshwater fish, and enjoys the name of "granary"; The eastern mountainous area is rich in forest fruit, hawthorn and Nanguo pear. Liaoyang is a national and provincial commodity grain base and a lean pig and freshwater fish breeding base. The "high-yield, high-quality and efficient" agriculture, which focuses on the "five developments" of high-yield and high-quality grain fields, vegetable greenhouses, animal husbandry (yellow cattle, pigs and broilers), forestry and fruit industry and freshwater aquaculture, is developing in depth. Nine production bases of high-quality agricultural products have been built in the rural areas of the city, and the leading industry of 10 and the industrial chain of 10 have been cultivated, forming a regional pattern adapted to the characteristics of resources. Township enterprises have formed a number of influential township enterprise groups focusing on mining development, building materials, steel processing, agricultural and sideline products processing and tourism shoes and clothing processing. Steel formwork, textile luggage, aluminum profile, travel shoes, leather processing and other industries have great influence in Northeast China and even the whole country.