Anshan is the third largest prefecture level city in Liaoning province. Anshan is on the boundary between the Mountains of eastern Liaoning and the plains of the west. The prefecture has a population of 3,584,000 people.
Anshan holds one third of the worlds supply of talcum Anshan holds a quarter of the worlds reserves of magnesite.
The north east of China is a major industrial zone and Anshan is one of the key sites of the north east. The city is renowned as “China’s capital of iron and steel”.
The Han people make up the lion’s share of the population. Next, after the Han and Man people, come the Hui and theChaoxian with 23,400 and 10,000 people respectively.