[4] Fangshan is situated to the east of the Taihang Mountains, with most of its territory being within Beijing's Western Hills region.

The east and south of the district is a fertile plain, with a narrow hilly area running from northeast to southwest.

The district produces wheat, rice and various high quality fruits as well as large quantities of animal products.

A total of 17 kinds have been developed, including "Chinese white marble", "pink", "rosy cloud", and "black jade".

Over 2300 enterprises owned by the district, townships or villages have been set up and form a complete industrial system in a variety of trades, with different grades and many kinds of products.

Yanshan Petrochemical Group, one of the largest state-owned enterprises in China, is located in Fangshan District.

In 1998, the site of Fangshan People's Government moved to Liangxiang, making it the district's center of politics, economics and culture.

Under the Ninth Five-Year Plan and Ten-year Outline, the zone will be further opened to the outside and encourage foreign investment in the following industries: electricity, machinery and electronics, instruments, textiles, printing, new building materials, new materials, new energy resources, fine chemicals, food processing, flowers, greenhouse vegetables, tourist facilities, commercial facilities and the animal industry.

The 3,000-year-old ruins of the Liulihe Site are housed in the Western Zhou Yan State Capital Museum.

Fangshan also has many scenic spots like Shidu’s karst landscape, the unique Stoneflower Cave and natural ancient forests in Shangfang Mountains.