Siping, a prefecture-level city administered by Jilin Province, is located in the central hinterland of Songliao Plain and the junction of Liaoning, Jilin and Mongolia provinces. Siping is an important transportation hub and logistics node city in Northeast China. It is the gateway to the Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei from Jilin, Heilongjiang and the eastern part of Inner Mongolia. The city covers an area of 10,300 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over three counties (cities) of Lishu, Shuangliao and Yitong, two districts of Tiedong and Tiexi, one national economic and technological Development Zone and six provincial economic development zones. As of November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Siping City is 1,814,733.

Siping has a long history. The ancient city ruins of Yan State by Erlong Lake, 50 kilometers away from the city center, are the witness of the earliest development of Northeast China by the Han people. Historical sites such as Hanzhou in Liao Dynasty, Xinzhou in Jin Dynasty and Yehe Tribe in Ming Dynasty have been left behind. There are Daqingshan Village cultural site, Yehe ancient City site, Zhaosu City site in Liao and Jin Dynasties and many other historical sites. Yehe Manchu Town is the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty Empress Xiaocigao, the ancestral home of Empress Cixi and Empress Longyu.

On July 5, 2019, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, PRC announced the special investigation of black and smelly water bodies in 2019. Siping was included in the "list of cities where the proportion of black and smelly water bodies is less than 80%", with the proportion of elimination being 0%. On October 23, 2019, it was identified as the "third batch of urban Black and smelly water control demonstration city". In 2020, the GDP of Siping City reached 52.66 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3% over 2019 [48]. In October 2020, it was rated as the national model city (county) of double support. In 2021, it was rated as the third batch of social credit system construction demonstration zone.