Haicheng City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province, administered by Anshan City, is located in the south-central part of Liaoning Province and the central part of Anshan City, on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Liaohe River and the northern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, with a warm-temperate monsoon climate, adjoining nine districts and counties (municipalities), and covering a total area of 2,732 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Haicheng City has 5 streets and 21 towns under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2021, Haicheng City had a household population of 1,048,572.
Haicheng city territory was once a vast ocean a long time ago, and then due to changes in geological structure, the bottom crust rose and gradually became land, and when it was set up, it was named Haicheng. Qing Shunzhi ten years (1653), change Haizhou for Haicheng; Republic of China thirty-seven years (1948) in November, belonging to Liaodong Province; in 1954, under the leadership of Liaoning Province Liaoyang Department; in 1959, changed to Anshan City; in March 1967, belonging to the city of Yingkou; in 1973, the return to the city of Anshan; in January 1985, the abolition of the county of Haicheng, the establishment of Haicheng City (county-level city), under the city of Anshan.
The main attractions of Haicheng include Haicheng Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area, Haicheng Dabei Temple, Sanqiao River Wetland Nature Reserve. 2021, December 7, Haicheng City was selected as "2021 Agricultural Modernization Demonstration Zone Creation List". 2022, December 27, Haicheng City was selected as "2021-2025 Second Batch of National Science and Technology Park". On Dec. 27, 2022, Haicheng City was selected as one of the "2021-2025 Second Batch of National Science Popularization Demonstration Counties (Municipalities and Districts)"; on Dec. 29, 2022, Haicheng City was selected as one of the "Fifth Batch of Counties (Districts) Achieving the Standard of Water-Saving Society Construction".
In 2021, Haicheng City will realize a gross domestic product (GDP) of 56.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 4.1%; the ratio of added value of the first, second and third industries will be 8.0:34.4:57.6; the per capita GDP will be 53,950 yuan, a year-on-year growth of 7.9%; the regional financial income will be 7.71 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 35.7%; the general public budget income will be 3.59 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 5%; the total social fixed income will be 5.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5%; and the total social fixed income will be 5.9 billion yuan. year-on-year growth of 5%; investment in social fixed assets increased by 0.7% year-on-year; disposable income per capita of urban permanent residents was 28,111 yuan, up 8.5% year-on-year; disposable income per capita of rural permanent residents was 23,066 yuan, up 10.6% year-on-year.