Yongning is a town on the southern coast of Fujian

Fujian

' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...

 province of Southeast China

East China

East China is a geographical and a loosely-defined cultural region that covers the eastern coastal area of China.Although an intangible and loosely defined concept, for administrative and governmental purposes, the region is defined by the government of the People's Republic of China to include...

. It is under the administration of Shishi

Shishi

Shishi may refer to:*Chinese guardian lion, also known as a shishi*The left member of a pair of komainu*Shishi City, in Quanzhou, Fujian, China*Shishi , Japanese political activists of the late Edo period...

 City, which is 8 kilometres (5 mi) away. It is surrounded on three sides by water, facing the Taiwan Strait

Taiwan Strait

The Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait, formerly known as the Black Ditch, is a 180-km-wide strait separating Mainland China and Taiwan. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to East China Sea to the northeast...

 to the east, Mount Baoshan (宝盖山) to the west, and the town of Shenhu

Shenhu

Shenhu is a town on the southern coast of Fujian province of Southeast China. It is under the administration of Jinjiang City, which is away. It sits on a peninsula, facing the Taiwan Strait to the east and the town of Yongning and Shenhu Bay to the north. It is a fishing base and trade port,...

 and Shenhu Bay (深沪湾) to the south. There is 1 community and 20 villages under the town's administration.