Shenyang has a total of 147,000 hectares of forest and 82,000 hectares of grassland. The amount of water resource reaches 3.26 billion cubic meters, including 1.14 billion cubic meters of surface water and 2.12 billion cubic meters of underground water. 36 kinds of mineral products have been detected, 13 of which have verified deposits, containing 2 billion tons of coal and 10.7 billion cubic tons of natural gas.

Shenyang is located at the heart of Liaoniang's city agglomeration, where, within a radius of 150 kilometers, 7 major industrial cities are spread-out. These cities are Anshan, the steel provider, Fushun, the coal provider, Liaoyang, the chemical fiber provider, Benxi, the coal and iron provider, Panjin, the petroleum provider, Tieling, the coal and granary provider, and Fuxing, the power base. Together, they form a city agglomeration with tight economic relations, huge market capacity and great development potential. Not only can it supply different industries and companies with inexhaustible mineral resources, but it is also a product market with strong purchasing power.