Shahekou District is located in the middle of Dalian, bordering Xigang District with Bulao Street in the east, Ganjingzi District in the north and Youjiacun Railway Line in the west. It covers an area of 48.32 square kilometers, with a registered population of 590,000 and a resident population of 670,000. It has jurisdiction over 7 streets and 90 communities, and is the largest and most populous central city in Dalian.

Shahekou District has obvious transportation advantages. Metro Line 1 and Line 2 meet in the area, and many main roads extend in all directions. Ground roads, elevated roads, underground railways and cross-sea bridges constitute a relatively developed three-dimensional transportation network.

Shahekou District has developed business service industry, and Xinghaiwan and Xi'an Road, two provincial modern service industry clusters, and Dalian Commodity Exchange are located in its jurisdiction. Xinghaiwan gathers a large number of financial institutions, commercial circulation enterprises, logistics and settlement institutions, and is an important distribution center for people flow, capital and commodities. Xi'an Road Business District has an average annual passenger flow of more than 80 million, which is the most popular business district in Dalian.

Shahekou District has concentrated science and education resources. There are many institutions of higher learning and research institutes such as Dalian Institute of Chemical Engineering, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian Ocean University and Dalian Jiaotong University. There are more than 50 primary and secondary schools and more than 100 kindergartens. No.13 Middle School, Gezhi Middle School, No.79 Middle School and Liu Changchun Primary School are all well-known key primary and secondary schools in Dalian.

Shahekou District has profound cultural heritage. There are provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units such as the former site of China Institute of Technology, the former site of Shengde Memorial Hall, the former site of Shahekou Water Purification Plant, the former site of Jinbidong Mansion and Shahekou Railway Station. Relying on a large number of old industrial plants, storage houses and related industrial facilities in the jurisdiction, a number of technology incubation, cultural and creative industrial parks such as Bingshan Huigu and Heshe Art Factory have been built.

In the future, Shahekou District will continue to deepen the spatial layout of "two districts, five areas and one line", Accelerate the improvement of the "243" industrial system, focus on enhancing the economic strength of urban areas, vigorously develop people's livelihood and various social undertakings, continuously promote the modernization of governance system and governance capacity, and strive to build Shahekou District into a modern city with innovative vitality, honesty, harmony, wisdom and livability.