Fushun, also Fu-shan, locally called Funan, city, northeastern China, in Liaoning Province, an important industrial center in a region of abundant coal and oil-shale deposits. Manufactures include aluminum, iron and steel, refined petroleum, machinery, cement, rubber, and fertilizers. Local coal seams, overlaid by oil shale, which is exceptionally thick, are mined by opencut methods.
The old walled city of Fushun was built in 1669. Its modern growth dates from the early 20th century when it was developed as a coal-mining center by Russian industrialists. Industrialization accelerated under Japanese control (1905-1945), and oil-shale processing began in the 1930s. The city suffered heavy damage during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), and during looting in 1945 it lost much industrial equipment. It was rebuilt in the 1950s, and highly mechanized coal mines and other modern industrial facilities were developed here. Population (1991) 1,487,400.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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