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·area：11279 square kilometre ·longitude：125° 03' 东 ·latitude：41° 44' 北 ·altitude：328 m ·population：227 0000 ·postcode：113000 ·areacode：0413	Fushun (Simplified Chinese: 抚顺; Traditional Chinese: 撫順; pinyin: Fǔshùn) is a city in Liaoning, China, about 45 km from Shenyang, with a population about 1.3 million and an area of l0,816 km², including 675 km² of the city proper. The world's largest artifitial pit, known as the magnificent West Pit, is located not far from the downtown. It was formerly called Fouchouen in French. The film The Lover starring Tony Leung Ka Fai described a love story between a young French woman and a young man from Fouchouen. Notable Figures Lei Feng, who was a soldier enshrined in new China history after 1949, died in this city. There is a memorial park named after him in Fushun's Wanghua District. Wang Nan,famous table-tennis sportswoman, who has won many gold medals in the world. Education The highest-ranked institution of higher education is Liaoning University of Petro-Chemical Technology, ranked 123rd in China overall. Fushun No.50 Middle School,one of the best middle school in Liaoning Province. General Information Fushun is a highly industrialized area. It is connected by rail with nearby Shenyang and with Dalian. Fushun’s enormous open-pit coal mine, which has been in operation since about the 12th century, is now highly mechanized. Oil deposits, also mined there, are processed in the Fushun oil refineries. Fushun has a major aluminum-reduction plant and factories making automobiles, machinery, chemicals, cement, and rubber. The city was occupied by Russia until 1905 and by Japan until 1945. Fushun is still known as "the capital of coal", located 45 km east of Shenyang. Is has developed as a thriving center for fuel, power and raw materials but is also offering more and more opportunities in textiles and electronics. Population 2.3 million inhabitants, including 1.4 million in the urban area. Its surpring that the population of this city is decreasing. Communication and Transport Fushun is only 40 km away from Shenyang Taoxian airport. Railways and highways connect the city to Shenyang and Jilin Province. The seaports of Dalian and Yingkou are also located very close, 400 and 200 km away respectively, with good highway connections. Resources Fushun is rich in many types of resources including wood, coal, iron, copper , magnesium, gold, marble, titanium, and marl. Hydraulic and thermal power is also an important locally available resource. Industrial development Fushun has developed through the utilization of the abundant natural mineral deposits found in the area and is a nationally important heavy industrial base for petroleum, chemical, metallurgy machinery and construction material industries. New sectors also becoming prominent are electronics, light industry, weaving and spinning. Tourism Fushun is a famous tourist attraction in northeast China. With 40% forest coverage, she has a developed tourist industry with high mountains and thick woods and a number of historic and cultural sites within the area. Its recent success of applying two World Heritage sites will surely attract more tourist. Fushun is the origine of Qing Dynasty, known as Xing City. So you can find many historic sites there. Sports It used to be home of the Chinese Super League (soccer) team of Liaoning FC at Leifeng Stadium, however the team could not afford rent at the Leifeng Stadium so it moved to Beijing, where it now plays out of Chaolai Soccer Base in the northeastern part of that city. Also there is a superior table tennis sports waman, Wang Nan, who is among the top of the world. Situated in eastern Liaoning Province, Fushun is one of China's largest cities. It is 45 km to Shenyang, the provincial capital, and has a population of 2,268,100, and an area of l0,816 sq km, including 675 sqkm of the city proper. It consists of four districts and three countiesunder its jurisdiction. Natural Resources Fushun City is rich in mineral resources, including 52 minerals such as coal, iron copper zinc, gold, kerogen shale and marble. There are more than 410 mines now operating or soon to be operating. With its rich agricultural base and flourishing agriculture, forestry. animal husbandry and sideline production. Fushun is a fertile "land of fish, rice and forest." The total Farmland of the area has reached more than 80,000 hectares, forests over 60,000 ,and aquaculture, approximately 1,300. There are more than 500 varieties of wild plants, including ginseng, wild fruits, medicinal materials and mountain greens; and over 200 varieties of wild animals, including badger, bear and deer. There are abundant water resources and 12 large rivers. With an average annual flow of 3.2 billion cum, and 116 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of 2.5 billion curn. Fushun is a major water-supply base for Liaoning Province. Transportation and Communication Fushun City has an advantageous geographical location and convenient transportation. It is 40 km from the Taoxian Airport in Shenyang, 200 km from Yingkou Harbor, and 400 km from Dalian Harbor, all accessible by expressys. The Shenyang-Jilin and Shenyang-Fushun railways are connected to the national railway network, making for convenient freight and passenger transport Fushun also is now equipped with modern postal facilities and digitally transmitted and program-controlled telephone exchanges. There are more than 900 long-distance telephone lines and over 100 international lines, all accessible to more than 200 countries. Fushun is an open city with three development zones, which have begun attracting a great amount of foreign business investment. Fushun offers the advantages of production costs which are lower than the national level, its position as a raw materials production base, and a beneficial tax policy. Fushun has developed economic and trade relations with approximately 100 nations around the world, and has established friendly relationships with the cities of Iwaki and Yubari in Japan, Arad in Romania, Foster City in the U.S.A., Lipa in the Philippines, and Gladbach in Germany. Industrial City Fushun is an industrial city of tremaendous strength with a complete range of enterprises including petroleum, chemicals, metallurgy, coal, machinery, electronics, electric power, light industries and textiles, and with raw and semi-finished materials industries as its mainstay. Fushun has three large petroleum plants, two steel mills, one aluminum works. three coal mines, eight chemical plants, one construction machinery plant and an electromagnetism plant. Its refining volume of crude oil accounts for 11 percent of China's entire total, its output of aluminum and conducted, 10 percent, digging machinery. 30 percent; and high-tension power station electro magnatism, 45 percent Fushun's coal, special steel, color TV sets and textiles also play an important role in China's economy. Fushun has been an important commercial city since ancient times, and now it is flourishing as ever before. The city contains some l60 consumer goods markets, with total annual retail sales of 8.4 billion yuan. Local finance is a1so f1ourishing, and many financial organization5such as banks and trust and security companies can be found throughout the city, forming a comprehensive financial system with solid financial strength. Tourism Fushun is a famous tourist attraction in northeast China. Major scenic spots include: the Gaoershan Tower on the West Peak of Gaoershan Mountain in the northern part of the city, which was constructed in the Liao Dynasty, Yongling the Saerhu Scenic Spot situated in the eastern part of the city, which is called the “bright pearl” of eastern Liaoning Province, the world-renowned MarshalI Forest on the northern end of the Dahuofang Reservoi1, the well-known Mausoleum at the foot of Qiyunshan Mountain, the newly developed Monkey Stone Forest Park in Xinbin County, the Fushun West Open-pit Mine known both at home and abroad, the Lei Feng MemoriaI Hal1, the War Criminal Prison, and the Pingdingshan Memorial Hall of the Martyrs in the City Proper. The Fushun MunicipaI Government has always paid great attention to city construction and has Yuanshuai Lin invested an increasing amount of capital in this effort year after year. Fushun is now a beautifu1, clean and tidy city with modern buildings and wide. Tree-1ined streets. The Hunhe River flows through the city from east to west, and a mountain range stretches to the south and north. So Fushun has the distinctive characteristics of both a “mountain city” and a “riverside city.”

fushun city introduction