Muling City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Province and administered by Mudanjiang City. Located in the southeast of Heilongjiang Province, it covers an area of 6,196 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 127 administrative villages in 6 towns, 2 townships. Within the territory, there are 2 national key state-owned forest Administration departments (Muling and Palmiantong) and 1 provincial development zone -- Muling Economic Development Zone. According to the 7th census data, the permanent population of Muleng was 197,065 as of midnight on November 1, 2020.

Muling City is named after the "Muling River". Its geographical coordinates are 129°45'19" to 130°58'07" east longitude and 43°49'55" to 45°07'16" north latitude. It is a temperate continental monsoon climate. Muling City is the "hometown of Chinese soybeans" and "Hometown of Chinese taxus chinensis".