Over the past 200 years or so, Shenyang managed to grow and increase its industrial might, despite consecutive wars with Russia and Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Second World War, and China's Civil War (Shenyang became the main battleground between the Communists and Nationalists).
在过去 200 年左右的时间里，尽管经历了 19 世纪末 20 世纪初与日本和俄国接连开战、第二次世界大战、国共内战（沈阳是共产党和国民党之间的主战场），沈阳还是发展壮大了自己的工业实力。