Mengwu Shiwei (Chinese: 蒙兀室韦苏木; Russian: Сомон Мынъу-Шивэй) is a sum (a type of township-level division) under the administration of Ergun City, northeastern Inner Mongolia, situated directly on the border with the Russian-Siberian Far East.

[2] On the opposite bank lies the Russian village of Olochi, Zabaykalsky Krai, which connects to Shiwei via the Friendship Bridge.

[3] Marriages between Russian women and Han Chinese men in the towns and villages of the frontier areas along the Ergun River, including in Shiwei, became more common around this time and into the early twentieth century.

[6]: 103  The central square of Shiwei offers nighttime entertainment in the form of neon lights, techno music, and an atmosphere of "revelry", in addition to many shops and eateries.

[4] However, domestic media and tour operators have seemingly given more weight to Enhe as the preferred locale to experience a "Russian" village.