Anshan City, Liaoning Province
Anshan City is located in the central part of Liaoning Province, with east longitude 122°10\'--123°13\' and north latitude 40°27\'--41°34 \'The entire territory is 175 kilometers long from north to south and 133 kilometers wide from east to west. It is adjacent to Liaoyang County in the northeast, Dawa County in the west, and Dashiqiao City, Zhuanghe City, and Fengcheng County in the south. The city center is 89 kilometers away from Shenyang, the seat of the People's Government of Liaoning Province, 96 kilometers away from Benxi, the coal and iron capital, in the east, 308 kilometers away from Dalian, a coastal city, in the south, 120 kilometers away from Yingkou Bayuquan Port in the southwest, and 103 kilometers away from Panjin City in the west. It is an important steel production base in my country and is known as the "Steel Capital".
It currently governs Haicheng City, Tai'an County, Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County and four urban areas: Tiedong, Tiexi, Lishan and Qianshan. The city has a total area of ??9,252 square kilometers and a total population of 3.396 million. The urban area is 624 square kilometers and the population is 1.456 million. It is one of the largest cities in my country with a population of more than one million. Anshan has the advantages of being “central, accessible and abundant” among the cities open to the outside world in the Liaodong Peninsula. That is to say, the geographical location is moderate. In the open area of ??the Liaodong Peninsula, it is the hub connecting the central urban agglomeration with Dalian as the front, Yingkou, Jinzhou, and Dandong as the two wings, and Shenyang as the hinterland. The transportation is convenient. There are Changda Railway, Haigou Railway, Haixiu Railway, Harbin-Dalian Highway, Shenyang-Dalian Expressway, as well as air routes from Anshan to Beijing, Foshan and Huizhou, and the departure train from Anshan to Beijing has been opened.
Anshan City is rich in resources. The iron ore reserves around the city exceed 10 billion tons, accounting for a quarter of the country's reserves. The south and southeast are magnesite-rich areas, accounting for about four quarters of the world's reserves. One percent; Talc mine is one of the three major producing areas in my country, with reserves ranking first in the world; Xiuyan area is known as the "Hometown of Jade" and has rich jade resources; in addition, agricultural products resources, geothermal resources, tourism resources, etc. Quite rich too. These advantages provide very favorable conditions for Anshan's economic development, opening up and joint venture cooperation.
In March 2021, Anshan City ranked 111th in the 2021 China City Comprehensive Strength Ranking List.
On January 23, 2021, the "2020 China City Science and Technology Innovation Development Index Ranking" was released, and Anshan City ranked 117th.
On November 10, 2020, the Central Civilization Office released the list of national civilized cities that were confirmed to retain the honorary title during the sixth review, and Anshan City was selected.
On October 20, 2020, Anshan City won the title of National Double Support Model City (County) in 2020.
On July 29, 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reaffirmed Anshan City as a national health city (district).
In July 2020, "China Customs" magazine released the list of "China's Top 100 Foreign Trade Cities in 2019", with Anshan City ranking 70th.
In June 2020, the "Ranking of China's Best Cities for Studying in 2019" was released, and Anshan City ranked 82nd on the list (representative university: Liaoning University of Science and Technology).
In 2020, the 2019 GDP rankings of cities in Liaoning Province were released, and Anshan City ranked third with 174.53 billion yuan.
On August 12, 2019, Anshan City was identified as the second batch of demonstration cities (districts) for the construction of social credit system.
In November 2017, Anshan City was included in the fifth national civilized city list and the previous national civilized city list that was confirmed by review to continue to retain the honorary title.
In July 2016, Anshan City won the title of National Double Support Model City (County) in 2016.
On January 15, 2016, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development named Anshan City as the 2015 National Garden City.