Shenyang, located at the center of the Northeast Asia Economic Circle, is a comprehensive hub connecting Northeast China with the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

The city is also an important gateway for exchanges with Northeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe, serving as a vital channel connecting Europe, Mongolia, Russia, Japan and South Korea.

It has attracted many foreign companies, including CJ (Shenyang) Biotech from South Korea, CEH Group (Shenyang) from Singapore, Lawson from Japan and Otto Fuchs Technology (Shenyang) from Germany.