Fuxin is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Liaoning province. The total population of the prefecture at the 2010 census is 1,819,339. Fuxin is known as China’s ‘Agate City’, with 50{2a820490f75fc24b7a4835b35536182b9d21a7840194abd07e075ac351cf03fd} of the nation’s known deposits of the mineral being located there.
In Fuxin, there are 24 ethnic minorities including Mongolia, Hui and Xibe.