The biggest city in Northeast China,
Shenyang is playing an important role in China's efforts to revitalize the old industrial bases in the Northeast.
As the capital of Liaoning Province,
Shenyang has a total area of 12,980 square kilometres and a population of about 7.2 million.
Neighbouring the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the northwest, it has became one of the most important industrial bases in Northeast China after the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.
With a history of more than 2,000 years, the city is located in the north reaches of the Hunhe River and is surrounded by abundant natural resources.
For example, the Huashitai Geological Natural Protection Zone in
Shenyang has the largest groups of aerolite in the world, which is of great scientific research value.
Over the past several decades,
Shenyang was regarded as "the general equipment centre of New China" because of its vast manufacturing output.
At present, it produces goods in 142 industrial categories, including auto manufacturing, chemical products, aviation, pharmaceuticals, building materials, metals, light industrial goods, textiles and garments, electronics and coal.
After years of development, it has developed a vast number of leading large-scale manufacturing enterprises, including Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.
Today equipment manufacturing sector is a pillar industry for the city.
Its manufacturing capability in machine tools, high-voltage electricity equipment, mining and metallurgical machinery, chemical engineering equipment, cement producing equipment, sewage treatment equipment and expressway construction machinery is the greatest in China.
Shenyang has a total of 44 varieties of equipment products, each holding a leading share of the Chinese market.
In the area of science, technology and human resources,
Shenyang has developed a healthy system for research and development.
At present,
Shenyang has a total of nine State-level science and technological research institutions, 14 State-level engineering technology centres, 33 higher education institutions, and about 410,000 engineers and technicians, making the city fourth in the nation in terms of comprehensive science and technology strength.
Shenyang also takes the lead in terms of using the state-of-the-art technology.
At present, a total of 20 enterprises in the city use high technologies to upgrade their manufacturing capabilities, with one third of the equipment digitalized.
The city has spared no efforts to develop a healthy environment for science and technology development and the introduction of domestic and foreign investment in recent years, helping upgrade its traditional economic structure.
In the years to come,
Shenyang plans to mainly focus on introducing information and technology into the development of equipment manufacturing enterprises.
