Jilin province -- known popularly as "Ji" for short -- is located in the central part of Northeast China, spanning an area of 187,400 square kilometers and has a population of 27,040,600. It currently administers one sub-provincial city, seven prefecture-level cities, Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and the Changbai Mountain management committee, as well as 60 counties that comprise cities and districts.

Jilin is located in the central part of Northeast Asia, which covers Northeast China, Mongolia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East, making it a place with great geographical advantages and development potential.

The province boasts rich land, forest, minerals, grassland, wild plants, water and energy resources.

It is seeing rapid development of its highways, railways and civil aviation sectors. It has formed a developed, convenient and modern transport network with Changchun as its center -- linking other areas in the province and the country.

The province has a total of 62 universities and colleges, with 643,900 students. Out of every 10,000 people in Jilin, 230 are in-campus university and college students -- that number ranking the Chinese northeastern province fifth nationally. It boasts 21 institutions providing postgraduate programs.

It boasts strong scientific and technological advantages and competitiveness in industries -- such as automobiles, railway vehicles, optics, applied chemistry, solid state physics, optoelectronic (aerospace) information technology, biological medicines, new materials, scientific instruments, modern agriculture and modern Chinese medicine -- some of which are on the cutting edge of progress and development in the country.

Based on its superb tourism resources and characteristic landscapes, it is promoting projects such as ecotourism, ice and snow tourism and industrial tourism. In fact, tourism has become a pillar industry that is actively being cultivated in the province.

It also boasts rich cultural resources and currently has one national cultural industry park, eight cultural industry demonstration bases and nine key provincial cultural industry parks.

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