营口地区现已发现辽金时期的城址、遗址、墓葬等160余处,出土了大量的遗物。通过对这些遗迹、遗物的研究,认为营口在辽金时期应该是南北方物资交流的商贸通道,并具备了港口的雏形。辽王朝建立后,又在此地设盐场、置盐院,辰、渌两州合置一个盐院,盐业相当发达。同时冶铁业也有重要地位。 Yingkou area has been found in the Liao and Jin Dynasties cities, sites, tombs more than 160, unearthed a large number of relics. Through the study of these relics and relics, Yingkou believed that during the Liao and Jin Dynasties, Yingkou should be the commerce and trade channel for the exchange of materials between North and South and possessed the prototype of the port. After the establishment of the Liao dynasty, there was also a saltworks site set up here. The Salt Institute, the Chenzhou and the 渌Zhou combined with a salt yard, and the salt industry was well-developed. At the same time, the iron industry also has an important position.