Liaoning has a population of over 40m, its capital city is Shenyang and it is the northernmost coastal province of the People’s Republic of China. Its name is derived from the Liao (辽) River which flows through its center and Ning (宁) meaning ‘peaceful’. Liaoning borders the Yellow Sea to the east as well as the Bohai Bay to the south, North Korea borders to the south east and Jilin, Hebei and Inner Mongolia provinces borders to the north, north west and west respectively. Liaoning has much to offer from a birdwatching perspective being home to over 450 species of birds of which around 40 are globally threatened. Liaoning is located on the East Asian Flyway where millions of migratory shorebirds pass through annually during the migration seasons, and as such this province is an extremely important refueling area for shorebirds. Dandong National Nature Reserve, located in the northern Yellow Sea, is home to intertidal mudflats, where some 250,000 shorebirds pass through on their northern migration, supporting 50 species of shorebirds. In addition, the Liaoning Peninsular, particularly during the autumn, hosts huge numbers of raptors that gather using the peninsular as a jumping-off point before crossing the Bohai Bay.

辽宁省是中国最北端的沿海省份，拥有4000余万人口，首都为沈阳。辽宁省的“辽”字取自流经其中心的“辽河”，“宁”字寓意“和平安宁”。辽宁省东临黄海，南临渤海湾，东南与朝鲜接壤，北面、西北面和西面分别毗邻吉林省、河北省和内蒙古自治区。辽宁是一个观鸟圣地，拥有450余种鸟类，其中，约40种属于全球性濒危鸟类。辽宁省位于东亚鸟类迁徙航线上，每年有数百万的迁徙滨鸟经过，是鸟儿们极其重要的能量补给站。丹东鸭绿江口湿地国家级自然保护区位于黄海北部，这里拥有大量潮间带泥滩，涵养了50种迁徙的滨鸟，在北迁途中，约25万只滨鸟都会经过此处。尤其在秋季时分，辽东半岛上会聚集大量猛禽，这里是它们穿越渤海湾前的跳板。