Tieling belongs to the monsoon type continental climate in the temperate zone. Four seasons are distinct all year around. The rainfall is moderate, and so is quite suitable for types of crops to grow.

The underground of Tieling contains the abundant mineral deposit. 29 kinds of mineral products have been detected from more than 300 producing areas. There are more than 1000 kinds of forest plants. The landscape of Tieling is charming, water and mountain show are beautiful, natural scenery and the human view. The convenient transportation and telecommunications extend in all direction is, it is an ideal attraction to tourists.

Since People’s Republic of China was established, especially after the reform and opening-up, Tieling economic construction changes with each passing day, have already formed coals tentatively now, industrial system covers electric power, machinery, electron, metallurgy, building materials, chemical industry, textile clothing, papermaking, food, leather, fodder, medicine etc. Tieling have already developed the backbone of the trade, leading enterprise and key product tentatively.

Foreign trade has made considerable progress, Maize, beans and dregs of rice, soybean, peanut, living ox, carnivorous chicken, pilose antler, rubber overshoes, clothing, ore choosing drug, rubber goods, plate glass, can, furfural, wollastonite, steel pill, steel sand, etc. have already become the traditional export commodities. The whole city has already formed the maize tentatively, beans dregs of rice, asparagus, bast fibre spinning, carnivorous chicken, ginseng, pilose antler, edible fungus, beef cattle, eiderdown, furfural, dehydrate in dish, etc. 12 exports base which produce with certain scale.

Tourism
Ciqing Temple which is on the Mt.longshou, was built in 1921.It is a famous scenic spot in Liaoning province.

Yingang School is the first school where Primary Zhou Enlai ever studied. Zhou is the first Prime Minister of China, So many tourists come here to visit it every year.