Mingshan District, part of Benxi City, Liaoning Province, is located in the northeastern part of Benxi City, with a total area of 413.35 square kilometers, of which 42 square kilometers are urban areas. Under the jurisdiction of 7 streets, 26 administrative villages and 55 communities, according to the seventh population census data, as of zero hour on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Mingshan District is 378,936 people. There are 26 ethnic minorities such as Manchu, Hui, Korean and Mongolian.
Mingshan District borders Pingshan District to the southwest, Xihu District to the northwest, Nanfen District to the south, and Benxi Manchu Autonomous County to the east. It is 62 kilometers away from Shenyang, the provincial capital, 150 kilometers away from Yingkou, and 320 kilometers away from Dalian.In 2020, the annual GDP of Mingshan District will be 11.83 billion yuan, with an increase of 1% year-on-year.