Transportation

As a base of heavy industry in China, Liaoning has the most comprehensive and dense railway network of all provinces. It also has an extended highway connection, two international civil airports and the large Dalian sea port.

By plane: The Shenyang Taoxian International Airport has flights to Beijing, Chengdu, Harbin, Changchun, Dalian, Shanghai and Shenzhen, as well as international flights to Hongkong, Irkutsk, Osaka, Pyongyang, Seoul. Dalian also has regular flights to and from cities in Japan and South Korea, as well as domestic destinations, such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai.

By railway: Major railways pass Liaoning province including the Beijing-Harbin Line, Shenyang-Dalian Line, Shenyang-Jilin Line and Shenyang-Dandong Line. Shenyang is conveniently a railroad junction with many direct trains to and from most major cities, while Dalian is not so easily reachable from the south as it is set at the southern tip of the Liaoning Peninsula.

By road: Road transport is an alternative means of travel for short distances - for long routes the roads might not be good enough. The Shenyang-Dalian, Beijing-Shenyang, Shenyang-Fushun and Shenyang-Dandong (under construction) form the major provincial road network in Liaoning.

By water: Passenger boats connect Dalian port with several coastal cities in China, such as Weihai and Yantai in Shandong Province, Qinhuangdao or Shanghai.

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