Jinzhou is an important open city around Bohai Sea in China. Located in the southwest of Liaoning Province, it is adjacent to Songling Mountains in the north and Liaodong Bay in the Bohai Sea in the south, which is the eastern end of the "Liaoxi Corridor". Since ancient times, it has been an important town and commercial port of the north-south artery. 1948101October 7, Jinzhou was liberated.

Jinzhou is now a city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province, which has jurisdiction over Linghai City, Beining City, Yixian County, Heishan County, Guta District, Linghe District and Taihe District. Total area 1030 1 km2. At the end of 2006, the registered population of the whole city was 3.092 million, including 882,000 in municipal districts and non-agricultural population1965,438+0,000. There are more than 20 ethnic groups, including Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui and Korean, among which the Han population accounts for 95%. There are many low mountains and hills in the north of Jinzhou, and coastal plains in the south, with a coastline of 97.7 kilometers. Jinzhou was approved as a Class A open city by the State Council and the Central Military Commission in 1985, listed as an open city in Liaodong Peninsula by the State Council in 1987, and ranked 40th in the comprehensive strength evaluation of the top 50 cities in China conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics in 1992.