Songyuan is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jilin Province, located in the middle and west of Jilin Province, in the triangle of Harbin, Changchun and Daqing, at the southern end of Songnen Plain, by the beautiful Songhua River, bordering Changchun and Siping in the south, Baicheng and Tongliao in Inner Mongolia in the west and Daqing in Heilongjiang Province across the Songhua River in the north. Together with Baotou, Hohhot and Erdos, it is also called "the four little dragons of economic growth in northern China".

Songyuan city is known as "granary, Merrill Lynch, meat warehouse and fish town". It enjoys the honor of "China City with the most investment potential in the eyes of multinational companies", National Garden City, Top 200 Charming Small and Medium-sized Cities in China and Top Ten Charming Cities in Northeast China. From 2065438 to February 2007, Songyuan City was selected as the key city of PPP innovation in the field of national major municipal engineering.