Shenyang, known as Shengjing and Fengtian in ancient times, is the capital of Liaoning Province, a sub-provincial city, a megacity, the core city of Shenyang metropolitan area, the central city of Northeast China approved by the State Council, and an important industrial base of China. As of May 2022, official website has shown a total area of 654.38+0.286 million square kilometers.
By the end of 2002 1, it had jurisdiction over 13 county-level administrative regions, namely Heping, Shenhe, Dadong, Huanggu, Tiexi, Sujiatun, Hunnan, Shenbei, Yuhong, Liaozhong, 10 municipal district, Xinmin and10 county-level city and Kangkang. By the end of 2022, the resident population was 9147,000; In 2022, the regional gross domestic product (GDP) was 769.58 billion yuan.
It is a comprehensive transportation hub leading to kanto region from the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and an important node extending from the Belt and Road to Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. It has successively won the titles of "National Civilized City", "National Model City for Environmental Protection", "National Forest City" and "National Garden City". It has the reputation of "the eldest son of the Republic of China", "Oriental Ruhr" and "the birthplace of the past".
Shenyang area is dominated by plains with flat terrain, with an average elevation of about 50 meters. Mountain hills are concentrated in the northeast and southeast, and belong to the extension of Liaodong hills. The western part is the alluvial plain of Liaohe River and Hunhe River, and the terrain is slowly inclined from east to west. Between 4 1 degree north latitude 1 1 minute 5 1 second to 43 degrees 2 minutes 13 seconds east longitude 122 degrees 25 minutes 9 seconds to 123 degrees 48 minutes 24 seconds. It belongs to temperate humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. There are more than 2200 kinds of wild animals and plants.
By the end of 2022, there were 285 primary schools, 3 middle schools, 29 secondary schools, 47 vocational high schools and 32 technical schools in the city, including Northeastern University [7] and Liaoning University [8]. Science and technology enterprises 15363, science and technology innovation platforms 142 1 home, and new R&D institutions 100. Medical and health institutions 5 103.
Shenyang, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was Fangcheng (the predecessor of Houcheng), an important town of Yan State, and was later placed in Xiangping County, Liaodong County of Li Yan, which was the beginning of the history of Shenyang's city construction, more than 2,600 years ago. During the Western Han Dynasty, formerly known as "Houcheng", it belonged to Liaodong County (Liaoyang) in the Han Dynasty. This is the beginning of the official construction of Shenyang. It was renamed "Shenzhou" in the Tang Dynasty.
In the 14th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1657), the Manchu established Fengtianfu in Shenyang, also known as Fengtian. In the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929), after the Northeast was renamed, Zhang Xueliang changed Fengtian to Shenyang. In the 20th year of the Republic of China (193 1), Japanese imperialism launched the September 18th Incident, and after occupying Shenyang, it changed "Shenyang City" to "Fengtian City".
In the thirty-fourth year of the Republic of China (1945), War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression won and recovered the northeast, and the name of "Shenyang City" was restored to "Fengtian City". By the end of 20021,there were 332 urban bus lines and 4 subway lines. Tourist attractions include Zhang Shuaifu Museum, Beiling Park and September 18th History Museum.