Fushun

Fushun is a prefecture level city in Liaoning province, China, about 45 km east of Shenyang. Situated on the Hun River ("muddy river"), it is one of the industrial and economic development hubs in Liaoning. Fushun lies in the east part of Liaoning Province, neighboring Jinglin Province in its east. It occupies an advantageous location, 200 kilometers from the Port of Yingkou and 400 kilometers from the Port of Dalian with expressway and railway linking between them. Human settlers first came to this area more than seven thousand years ago. By the Han Dynasty (221BC-220AD), coal had been used in daily life or for manufacturing. At the same time, this area had been rather advanced in agriculture, handicraft industry and commerce. During the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Fushun involved in depression for near one and a half centuries. It was in 1783 that the new city was completed southwest of the old one. Gradually, economic rejuvenation made it a distributing center of goods in eastern Liaoning.

Fushun is a famous tourist centre of northeast China. With high mountains and thick woods, the city has a developed a strong tourist industry. Houshi National Forest Park, about 55 km from Fushun city centre, Fushun was where Lei Feng was stationed as a soldier and died, and a memorial museum telling his life story is a popular attraction. It is located at Wang Hua District in Fushun. It was also in Fushun that the last emperor, Puyi, was imprisoned after the end of World War II. The Fushun W