Geography
On the north bank of the Liaodong Bay, Panjin is located in the south west part of Liaoning province.  The area under Panjin jurisdiction runs 87 kilometers from north to south, and 105 kilometers from east to west.  The Daliao river separates it from Yingkou to the south. Its land area is 3,959 square kilometers which is 2.68% of the land area of Liaoning province.

Agriculture  
Panjin has an advantageous geographical position and rich natural resources. It has four main agricultural resources. The first is its rich farmland favorable for rice production(74,900 hectares is rice fields). The second is the abundant reeds along the coast. The third is the aquatic resources, which provide advantageous conditions for the aquatic breeding industry.  The fourth is the vast area of grassland useful in the development of animal husbandry.

Resources  
Besides being abundant in land resources, there are many kinds of minerals as well. Oil, natural gas and salt have abundant reserves  in the Panjin area. The third biggest oil field in China, Liaohe oil field was located in 1993. The salt is mainly in the southern areas of Hujia and Tianshui in Panshan county with a considerably large deposit there 60-100 meters in depth.

Panjin is rich in water resources. There is 118 kilometers of coastline along the bay making Panjin is rich in aquatic and marine products. Panjin is known for its clam exports. The reed field, which extends more than 100 kilometers in length and covers 80,000 hectares, is the largest in the world.  Every year 54,700 hectares of reeds are harvested for a yearly yield of 400,000 tons of this paper product base material.

Panjin has 4000 hectares of top class grassland growing 40 kinds of grasses, which can feed 27,000 cattle. The main types of grasslands are sand grassland, saline grassland, low and humid grassland, and river bank grassland. There are 177 patches of grassland with a total area of 8,553 hectares available for use.

Shuangtaihekou National Nature Reserve

Lying 30km southwest of Panjin City, the preserve made up of reed fields and marshes has been listed as the one of the two largest wetlands in Asia.  In autumn, the 1-kilometer-wide, 26-kilometer-long beach turns fire-red as the alkaline-rich grass that grows there changes color and is known as "The Red Beach."  Red-crowned cranes and black-billed seagulls are among the 236 species of birds and 321 species of wild animals found there.  It's the southern most nesting ground for the red-crowned crane and the largest habitat in the world for the black-billed gull. The Reed Sea Rare Birds Tour has become a popular tourist activity.  A crane-watching terrace has been built for better viewing.  This nature reserve has become an international center for black-billed gull research and a provincial research center for studying the protection of rare birds along with nesting, nurturing and migration.

The Red Seabeach

On the coastline within the area there is also a marvelous spectacle on earth, "Red Seabeach", which is named as one of the "fifty beautiful landscapes" in Liaoning.