From China Liaoning Business Guide

Contents 1 Location and Climate 2 Population and Administrative Division 3 Living Comfortably in Liaoning 3.1 Fine Hotels 3.2 Housing 3.3 Medical Service 3.4 Schools for Children of Expatriates 4 Immigration and Visa 4.1 Process Chart for Permanent Residence Application 4.2 Related Laws and Regulations 5 International Exchanges 5.1 Twinning 5.2 Notable International Exhibitions 6 Services at Your Fingertips

Location and Climate

Liaoning is situated in the south of northeast China, at about the same northern latitude as Spain in Europe or Illinois, USA. It embraces a land area of 145,900 square kilometers, which is more than Greece, and accounts for 1.5 percent of China’s total land area, a water area of 10,000 square kilometers or 6.8 percent, and a sea area of 150,200 square kilometers with a coastline of 2,178 kilometers, covering 12 percent of China’s total length of coastline.

The province is part of the North China Craton, an old and stable platform in the interior of the Eurasian tectonic plate. The lithospheric roots of the craton extend a few hundred kilometers into the Earth’s mantle. The region is fairly safe from earthquakes, but also rich in coal and minerals.

Liaoning neighbors with Jilin Province in the northeast, Inner Mongolia in the northwest, and Hebei Province in the southwest. Liaoning is adjacent to North Korea with the Yalu River as the boundary, and to the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea in the south.

Liaoning has a humid continental climate similar to the Baltic States or the Northeastern United States. Winters are long and cold, winds strong, the east is wet and the west dry, but there is much sunshine and distinct four seasons. The annual average temperature is between 7°C in the north and 11°C in the south, precipitation from 500 to 1,000 mm, and the frost-free period is 130 - 200 days.

Population and Administrative Division

Liaoning is composed of 14 prefecture-level cities, with 100 county-level cities and regions under them. The counties govern 1,501 townships, villages, and sub-districts.

The population grew from 42.5 million in 2008 to 43.2 million in 2009, more than Spain or Canada. Urban population was 25.9 million (60 percent). Counting only the city proper, four cities in Liaoning have over one million inhabitants: Shenyang, Dalian, Anshan, and Fushun. All 14 prefectures exceed a population of one million. Liaoning is a multi-ethnic province with 44 nationalities. Next to the Han majority, main minorities are Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, and Korean.

Prefecture	Code	Area sq km	Mill. Inhab.	Temp. °C	Counties	Townships	Chinese
Shenyang	辽A	12,942	7.1	8.6	13	212	沈阳
Dalian	辽B	13,238	5.8	11.4	10	161	大连
Anshan	辽C	9,249	3.5	10.9	7	104	鞍山
Fushun	辽D	11,271	2.2	7.4	7	83	抚顺
Benxi	辽E	8,435	1.6	8.9	6	58	本溪
Dandong	辽F	15,030	2.4	9.5	6	89	丹东
Jinzhou	辽G	10,111	3.1	10.9	7	115	锦州
Yingkou	辽H	4,970	2.3	10.2	6	72	营口
Fuxin	辽J	10,445	1.9	8.6	7	94	阜新
Liaoyang	辽K	4,741	1.8	9.9	7	60	辽阳
Panjin	辽L	4,084	1.3	9.8	4	56	盘锦
Tieling	辽M	12,966	3.1	8.8	7	103	铁岭
Chaoyang	辽N	19,731	3.4	9.9	7	167	朝阳
Huludao	辽P	10,375	2.8	11.0	6	127	葫芦岛
Liaoning		147,588	42.5	9.9	100	1,501	辽宁省

Living Comfortably in Liaoning

Fine Hotels

Star-rated hotels can be found throughout Liaoning. Big cities, such as Shenyang, Dalian and Anshan have numerous five-star luxury hotels. Their facilities, decoration and equipment match international standards.

In Shenyang, capital city of Liaoning, five-star hotels include the Kempinski, Marriott, Inter Continental, Sheraton Lido, Liming International, and Lexington. Dalian, a famous tourist city, is home to a full-range of star-rated hotels in northeast China. Furama, Shangri-La, Kempinski and other five-star luxury hotels provide a world-class environment for state guests and business meetings.

Housing

Each city in Liaoning Province can provide an extensive range of housing rental services; the rental price depends on locations and facilities. As there are divergences in terms of economic development in different cities, bigger cities such as Shenyang, Dalian, and Anshan will see higher rentals than the smaller cities. However, rentals and housing prices in Dalian and Shenyang are significantly lower than those in metropolitan cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Garden villas and serviced apartments can also be found, which feature well-rounded individual and business services including butler services such as laundry, food delivery and cleaning, and any other catering to the needs of investors in Liaoning.

Medical Service

In order to provide convenience to foreigners, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University has been approved to establish Liaoning Province Foreign-related Medical Services Center. The designated provincial-level foreign-related hospitals include:

• First Hospital of China Medical University
• Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University
• People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province
• Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute
• First Affil. Hospital of Dalian Medical University
• Second Affil. Hospital of Dalian Medical Univ.
• First Affil. Hospital of Liaoning Medical College
• First Affil. Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Schools for Children of Expatriates

In Shenyang, the International School of North East Yucai School (NEYCS) offers basic education for the children of expatriates. The school was founded in 1949, is certified by the Liaoning Education Commission, and has today about 7000 students and 600 teachers in five campuses and ten sections. It provides continuous education in English and Chinese from pre-school to high school, and it has formed an all-round education system integrating school, family and society. Based on pedagogical and management advantages, the school strives to cultivate the creative international talents and provide the students with good educational service.

Many children of employees in international enterprises are studying at the International School, and some of these enterprises have set up long-term cooperative relationship with the school. Michelin has set up exclusive French classes. BMW is currently establishing German classes at the school, which are scheduled to start in September, 2010. These classes will also be open to children whose parents work in other enterprises.

Shenyang is also planning to establish schools for expats’ children from South Korea and Japan.

In Dalian, four institutions have been set up that accept children of expatriates: the Dalian Japanese School, the Dalian Korean International School, the Dalian American International School, and the Dalian Maple Leaf Schools for Expats’ Children.

Name	Website	Telefon	Fax	Email
International School of North East Yucai School	http://www.neyc.cn	+86 24 62341354
Shenyang International School	http://www.syischina.com	+86 24 89121177	+86 24 89817456	studentservices@syischina.com
Dalian Maple Leaf Foreign Nations School	http://www.mapleleafschools.com	+86 411 82387757	+86 411 82386922
Dalian American International School	http://www.daischina.org	+86 411 87572000	+86 411 87915656
The Japanese School of Dalian	http://www.japanda.org	+86 411 82400691	+86 411 82402002	jsdalian@mail.dlptt.ln.cn
Dalian Korean International School	http://www.dkischool.org	+86 411 87536032	+86 411 87536033	dalian-kh@hamail.net

Immigration and Visa

Process Chart for Permanent Residence Application

Related Laws and Regulations

• Notice for Foreigners Applying for Visa and Residence Permit
• Notice for Foreigners Applying for Permanent Residence
• Law of the People’s Republic of China on Control of Entry and Exit of Aliens
• Rules for Implementation of Law of the People’s Republic of China on Control of Entry and Exit of Aliens
• Locations and Contacts of Municipal Public Security Immigration Authorities of Various Cities in Liaoning Province
• Billing Standard and Basis for Immigration Travel Documents

International Exchanges

Twinning

Liaoning has formalized friendship relations with 15 foreign provinces and states. Many cities and counties in the province also maintain twinning relations with sister cities and counties all over the world.

Country	Foreign Province or State
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro State
Chile	Valparaiso Region
Egypt	Ismailia Governorate
Germany	Baden-Wuerttemberg
Italy	Emilia Romagna
Japan	Kanagawa Prefecture
Japan	Toyama Prefecture
New Zealand	Far North District
Poland	Katowice Province
Romania	Brasov County
Russia	Irkutsk Province
Russia	Novosibirsk Province
South Korea	Gyeonggi-do
Syria	Aleppo
U.S.A.	Illinois
U.S.A.	North Carolina

Notable International Exhibitions

• China International Equipment Manufacturing Exposition
• China Dalian International Fashion Festival
• China (Dalian) International Software Fair
• China Dalian Import and Export Fair
• China International Equipment Manufacturing Expo, Shenyang.

Services at Your Fingertips

Institution with English Webpages	Website
Liaoning-German Business Cooperation	http://www.liaoning-de.gov.cn
Liaoning Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation	http://www.china-liaoning.gov.cn
Liaoning International Investment Promotion Service Center	http://www.china-liaoning.gov.cn
Liaoning Foreign Investors Complaint Center	http://www.china-liaoning.gov.cn
CCPIT Liaoning Sub-Council	http://www.ccpitln.org
Dalian Customs	http://dalian.customs.gov.cn
Liaoning Development and Reform Commission	http://www.lndp.gov.cn
Liaoning Department of Human Resources and Social Security	http://www.ln.lss.gov.cn
Economic Commission of Liaoning Province	http://www.lnjw.gov.cn
Liaoning Public Security Entry-Exit Administration Network	http://crj.lnga.gov.cn
Shenyang Customs	http://shenyang.customs.gov.cn
Liaoning Public Security Department	http://www.ln110.com.cn
Liaoning Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Info Network	http://www.lnfao.gov.cn
Liaoning Foreign Economic Cooperation Association	http://www.lnfeca.org
State-owned Assets Supervision & Administration Commission	http://www.lngzw.gov.cn
Liaoning Department of Land and Resources	http://www.lgy.cn
Liaoning Department of Construction	http://www.cc.ln.gov.cn
Liaoning Department of Communications	http://www.lncom.gov.cn
Liaoning Price Bureau	http://www.lnprice.gov.cn
Department of Environmental Protection of Liaoning Province	http://www.lnepb.gov.cn
Liaoning Taxation Bureau	http://ln-n-tax.gov.cn
Liaoning Bureau of Local Taxation	http://lnsw.nen.com.cn
Liaoning Statistics Bureau	http://www.ln.stats.gov.cn