Shenyang is a sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning province in Northeast China. The city was also known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu.It was first used by the Manchu people as capital in the 17th century and is today the biggest city in Northeast China. Along with its nearby cities, Shenyang is an important industrial center in China, and the transportation and commercial center of China's northeastern region–particularly with Japan, and Korea.

A center of heavy industry in China since the 1930s, and the spearhead of the Chinese central government's Northeast Area Revitalization Plan, the city has been diversifying its industry and now has a solid industrial foundation, a good land and air transport network, abundant natural resources, and a skilled workforce.