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1. Yamagata (Japan), Matsue (Japan), Spokane (United States), Nakhodka (Russia), Volgagrad (Russia), Mangyongdae Districtof Pyongyang City (DPRK), Prince Albert (Canada), Frunzienski District of Minsk City (Belarus) 

    

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Jilin City, the second largest city of Jilin Province, is the only city in China that shares the same name with its province. It covers an area of 27,711.4 square kilometers, accounting for 14.8% of Jilin Province, of which 3,774.6 square kilometers are urban areas. It has jurisdiction over 1 county, 4 county-level cities, 4 urban districts, 1 national-level high-tech industrial development zone, 1 national-level economic and technological development zone, 1 provincial-level sports tourism economic development zone and 1 international cooperation zone. (Jilin (Sino-Singapore) Food Zone). With a population of 3.624 million, of which 1.773 million people are urban residents, it is the cradle of 44 ethnic groups. Its per capita water resources is 1670 cubic meters. The total installed capacity of electricity is 6.721 million KW, and the annual power generation is over 15 billion KWH. 93 kinds of minerals have been discovered in the territory.

 

In 2021, the city’s gross regional production grew by 7 percent, 0.4 percentage points higher than the provincial average level, ranking fifth in the province. It is the first time in 10 years that Jilin City’s GDP growth rate is higher than that of the whole province. The output of large-scale industry increased by 24%, and total profits reached 7.06 billion yuan, nearly 7 times that of the previous year. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural permanent residents reached 33,757 yuan and 17,622 yuan, increasing by 8.8% and 9.9% respectively.

 

Known as the “City of River in the North”, Jilin City is famous for a beautiful river (Songhua River), two natural wonders (Jilin rime and meteorite), three scenic lakes (Songhua Lake, Hongshi Lake and Baishan Lake), and four holy mountains (Zhuque Mountain, Xuantian Mountain, Longtan Mountain, Xiaobai Mountain). The annual Songhua Lake Kaijiang Fish Food Festival, Songhua Lake Summer Tourism Festival, Changbai Mountain Autumn Maple Leaf Tourism Festival and other special festivals are also very famous. In particular, the China Jilin Rime Ice and Snow Festival held for 26 consecutive times has been evaluated as one of the most influential festivals nationwide by China Festival Exchange Conference. Jilin city has two top ski resorts, Vanke Songhua Lake Ski Resort which ranks the third place in Asia and Beidahu Ski Resort which is capable of hosting international competitions, and Beishan Four Seasons Cross-Country Ski Resort approved as the international snow training base in Jilin Province and ice and snow teaching training base of Beijing Sports University, “Nine Major Rime Viewing Belt” taking the Rime Island as the core, and “Nine Hot Spring Experience Areas” represented by Shennong Hot Spring. Having received more than ten million tourists in the last three snow seasons with the income of snow and ice tourism exceeding ten billion yuan, Jilin City has been approved as the only high quality development test zone of ice and snow economy in Jilin province. It has been honored as China’s Outstanding Tourism City, China’s Top Ten Beautiful Cities, China’s Top Ten Characteristic Leisure Cities, China’s Best Summer Tourism Destination City, China’s Top Ten Ice and Snow Tourism Cities, etc.

 

More Information

1. Official website: http://fao.jlcity.gov.cn/