Chengchun
Location: Locates between 43° 55' 0" N Longitude : 125° 20' 0".
Neighbouring Areas: Heilongjang, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia.
Physical Features: Plains to the North with Mountains and Forests to the border of North Korea.
Population: 26,697,000
Urban Population: 3.2 million
Area: 187,400
History: From the 1950s, it was designated to become a centre for China 's automotive industry. The famous
Red Flag limousines were made in Changchun as were the Liberation (Jiefang) trucks based on a Ford model used in Russia who supplied
much of the early manufacturing machinery Changchun International Automobile Fair makes Changchun a real City of Automobiles.
Rivers: Changchun has 222 rivers. There are four main rivers in Changchun, The Second Songhua River, Lalin
River,Yinma River, Yitong River.
Twin Cities: Changchun has ties with the American city of Flint , the British city of Birmingham , and the
Japanese city of Sendai with a total of 16 other twin-cities.
Products: Agriculture and Petrochemicals, Automobiles.
Airport: Changchun located 31 km from the downtown of Changchun
Local Highlights:
Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China . It is a
sub-provincial city. The name originated from the Jurchen language.
Pagoda Lantern on the South Lake
Changchun is an important city in terms of science, technology and culture in China . It has 27 full-time colleges and universities,
103 independent scientific research and technological development institutions, 15 state key and open laboratories, and 336,000
technological personnel in a wide range of fields. It ranks first in the country in the proportion of scientific and technological
personnel in its population.
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry