Gaizhou, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province and managed by Yingkou City, is located in the northwest of Liaodong Peninsula. It is a stepped landform with high east and low west. It has four distinct seasons and ample sunshine; With a total area of 2930 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 8 streets, 16 towns and 3 townships. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Gaizhou City is 559271.

As early as the Han Dynasty, Gaizhou was an important town in the northeast where merchants gathered. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, it became the "thoroughfare of wealth and goods" in Northeast China; It is the birthplace of shadow play and stilt yangko in southern Liaoning. Shadow play art and Gaizhou yangko have been identified as national intangible cultural heritage; It is the nearest sea port in Northeast China. The medium length electrified railway, Harbin Dalian Passenger Dedicated Line, Shenyang Dalian Expressway, Gaizhuang Expressway, Harbin Dalian Highway, Binhai Road of Liaoning Province, and Zhuanglin Road run through the whole territory. You can drive from Gaizhou for one hour to Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport and Shenyang Taoxian Airport. Yingkou Airport, which has been put into operation, is close to Gaizhou.

According to the preliminary calculation, the annual GDP of Gaizhou will reach 17.047 billion yuan in 2021, an increase of 4.0% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 4.802 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9% over the previous year; The added value of the secondary industry was 4.625 billion yuan, an increase of 2.3% over the previous year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 7.62 billion yuan, up 3.8% over the previous year.