page_title: Fushun
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Fushun / History
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Fushun circa 1940日本語: 1940年頃の撫順全景
context_page_description: Fushun is a prefecture level city in Liaoning province, China, about 45 km east of Shenyang, with a population of 2,138,090 inhabitants and a total area of 11,272 km², 714 km² of which is the city proper. Situated on the Hun River, it is one of the industrial and economic development hubs in Liaoning.
context_section_description: The Ming dynasty first constructed Fushun walled city in 1384. "Fushun" is an abbreviation of the Chinese "(抚绥边疆，顺导夷民", literally "to pacify the frontiers; to guide the Yi foreigners".
  The Jurchen (Manchu) leader Nurhaci married his granddaughter by his son Abatai to the Ming dynasty General Li Yongfang after Li surrendered Fushun in 1618. The offspring of Li received the "Third Class Viscount" (三等子爵; sān děng zǐjué) title.
  Fushun was in ruins in the one-and-a-half centuries of early Qing dynasty. In 1783, the new walled city was completed southwest of the old city. In 1908, Fushun became the seat of Xingren County (兴仁县, later renamed to Fushun County). Fushun was occupied by Russia until 1905 and by Japan until 1945. With the Japanese victory over Imperial Russia and signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth, the South Manchuria branch (from Changchun to Lüshun) of the China Far East Railway was transferred to Japanese control. South Manchuria Railway Company quickly expanded the system inherited from Russia to staggering proportions. Coal mines were developed at Fushun. Under the control of the Japanese and with 30 years of development, Fushun area became highly industrialized. Fushun gained city status in 1937.
caption: Fushun Industrial Area in 1940
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