In 1984, the archaeologists excavated fossils of intact skulls of the ape men from Jin Niu Shan Hill (Golden Cattle Hill) in the east part of the City.

The Earliest Trading Port
Since 1864, Yingkou began to start trading with foreign countries. It was the first trading port in northeast China and one of the five earliest trading ports in China at that time.

Yingkou is not only an important window for the northeast part of China to link to the rest of the world, a direct window for foreign trades, but also it is the nearest port for shipping in the northeast area. Yingkou has carried some nice nicknames such as Northeast Shanghai and Finest Oriental Trading Port in the history.

Yingkou was also one of the cities in China that first set up the Customs, first issued postal stamps and first established modern postal service. The Red Cross Association had set up its first Chinese branch in Yingkou. More than 11 foreign countries had set up their consulates and commercial authorities in Yingkou in the early days. At that time, Yingkou became a vigorous distribution center both for merchants and their merchandise.

Strategic Position
Since the reform and opening to outside had been carried on in China, the position and function of Yingkou has been steadily strengthened among all the coastal cities in China. Now, Yingkou, the one hundred years old port city, is being full of vitality. Among the National Seventh Five-year Plan projects, the construction of Yingkou New Port has accelerated Yingkou's foreign economic development. Since then Yingkou City has enjoyed the advantage of one city with two ports. Now, the annual handling capacity of Yingkou Port is up to 20 million tons, one of the ten largest ports in China.

Until now, Yingkou Port has opened the navigation courses to more than one hundred ports of more than 40 countries and regions, the international container cargo shipping lines have been put into operation as well. After the third phase of construction of Yingkou Port has been finished, its handling capacity will reach to 50 million tons a year. Next to the port, the Huaneng Yingkou Power Plant can provide 2000 million kilowatts to meet the need of the development in the region. By Shenyang-Dalian Expressway, it is easy to go to the other larger industrial cities in the Province or to the other place from Yingkou. It takes about two hours to get to Shengyang or Dalian International Airport and six hours to Beijing by car. Yingkou is also one of the areas with the most advanced land transportation. The railway and highway in northeast China pass through the whole city, which connected Yingkou into the communication networks between northeast Asia and east Europe.

Natural Resources
Yingkou is rich in natural resources, which makes Yingkou have an important economic position and development potential.

The magnesite reserve, among the 32 kinds of minerals explored in Yingkou, is one of the four largest magnesite reserves in the world. Dashiqiao, the magnesite metropolis of China, is located in the east part of Yingkou City. The reserves of talcum, boron, feldspar, silicon and gold rank is in the front in China. The reserve of oil and natural gas is also very rich.

Yingkou has 96 km long coastline, and 973,236 acres of tidal flat areas. The sea salt productivity is 800,000 tons per year on the one hundred miles circled slat fields.

Mt. Qinglong
Yingkou is well known for its agricultural and sideline products such as rice, fruits and aquatic products. The rice fields in Dashiqiao and fruit orchards in Gaizhou are very famous in the nation. The annual output of rice is 400,000 tons, output of fruits such as apple, grape, peach, plum and apricot is 400,000 tons, and output of more than 80 kinds of aquatic products such as jellyfish, shrimp, crab and river crab is 160,000 tons. The development and utilization of some agricultural resources has had a certain scale, such as the crab cultivation in paddy fields, greenhouse fruits and flowers.

Industrial foundation
Yingkou, with the development of China in the 50 years, has became an industrial city with completed industrial sectors, including textile, machinery, electronics, petrol-chemistry, medicine, construction material and home appliances. In the city, there are more than 3,000 enterprises in 40 industrial sectors with 1,700 kinds of products.

The production capacities of textile, dyeing and nylon yarn in Yingkou rank the first in Liaoning Province.

The salt chemical industry in Yingkou has a long history. The paper-making and cigarette sectors in Yingkou have important positions in China.

And the alarming equipments, mini-motors, medium plate rolling, cement, fluid equipments in Yingkou city are well known in Liaoning Province.

Human Resources
More than 80,000 professional technical staffs are working in different fields.The sports cause of Yingkou are growing very fast. Yingkou Sports School has trained many sports personnel for the State.Students of Yingkou Traditional Opera School have won a lot of international awards in many foreign countries and regions such as France, Japan and North Ireland.
Public Facilities
The public facilities in Yingkou have been improved a lot. The digital program controlled telephones are used in the city and towns, and the IDD, mobile phones, facsimiles and Internet services are all available in the city. Foreign investment Service center are established to assist those who want to invest in Yingkou. Hotels can provide best service to the foreigners. The Medicare service is also good here. Many advanced medical instruments have been put in use for the Yingkou people.

The civil construction of Yingkou is also growing very fast. A beautiful park has been set up along the river. The avenues are broad and even. The Yushi Reservoir with capacity of 200 million cubic meters is under construction.

The Yingkou flyover bridge is the largest bridge in northeast China.

Tourism Resources
Yingkou is not only a good city to do business, but also a good place for the tourists.

Yingkou has a lot of natural and humanistic scenery. There are many resorts in Dashiqiao and Gaizhou. Yueya Bay, Basha Bay, the Fairy Island, the Xiongyue Hot Spring, the Qinglong Mountain, the Buyun Mountain, and the Wang'ershan Hill are the attractive places for tourists to enjoy themselves.

The Lengya Temple is one of the four largest Buddhism temples in Northeast China. Master Jueguang, the President of Hongkong Buddhism Society, has often come back to Yingkou, his hometown , and on October 2, 1997, he cut the ribbon at an inauguration ceremony for Lengyan Pagoda at Lengyan Temple.