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
At the end of the 1980s, Changchun had only one star-rated hotel and four travel agencies. Currently, the city has 23 star-rated hotels, including two five-star, one four-star, 11 three-star, seven two-star and one one-star. It has 18 travel agencies, including 11 international ones and seven domestic ones. It has 22 restaurants and shops open to overseas tourists authorized by the tourist administration, and two tour coach companies to meet the needs of tourists.
Tourist transport has become more convenient and communications can meet current needs. Each day, some 51 pairs of trains start from or end at the new railway station of Changchun . International and domestic scheduled flights now number 36. Four expressways, with Changchun as the hub, have been completed and urban transport has formed a network. Changchun has opened direct telephone links with more than 400 domestic cities and more than 180 countries and regions.
Internation Trade Hotel
Changchun Light Rail Transit (Changchun LRT; simplified Chinese: pinyin: Chángchu-n Qi-nggui() is a mass transit system in the city of Changchun , China . It is said to be the first light rail transit system in Mainland China . The initial phase of Line 3 was completed in 2001. It officially opened to revenue service in October 2002. The current total length of the route is 14.6 km with 17 stations. Both phases 2 and 3 are now under construction.
Changchun Light Railway
There is a flat fare of 2 yuan from Changying World Plaza up to Fusong Rd , 3 yuan for Changying up to Linhe Street , and 4 yuan to all other stations. The same number of stations/fare is vice versa for Changchun Rail Station.
Links
Blog @ Changchun China
Changchun City of many Tram faces
Changchun YouTube Video
Changchun City Web site
Shangri-La Hotel A Luxury hotel in Changchun China
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
At the end of the 1980s, Changchun had only one star-rated hotel and four travel agencies. Currently, the city has 23 star-rated hotels, including two five-star, one four-star, 11 three-star, seven two-star and one one-star. It has 18 travel agencies, including 11 international ones and seven domestic ones. It has 22 restaurants and shops open to overseas tourists authorized by the tourist administration, and two tour coach companies to meet the needs of tourists.
Tourist transport has become more convenient and communications can meet current needs. Each day, some 51 pairs of trains start from or end at the new railway station of Changchun . International and domestic scheduled flights now number 36. Four expressways, with Changchun as the hub, have been completed and urban transport has formed a network. Changchun has opened direct telephone links with more than 400 domestic cities and more than 180 countries and regions.
Internation Trade Hotel
Changchun Light Rail Transit (Changchun LRT; simplified Chinese: pinyin: Chángchu-n Qi-nggui() is a mass transit system in the city of Changchun , China . It is said to be the first light rail transit system in Mainland China . The initial phase of Line 3 was completed in 2001. It officially opened to revenue service in October 2002. The current total length of the route is 14.6 km with 17 stations. Both phases 2 and 3 are now under construction.
Changchun Light Railway
There is a flat fare of 2 yuan from Changying World Plaza up to Fusong Rd , 3 yuan for Changying up to Linhe Street , and 4 yuan to all other stations. The same number of stations/fare is vice versa for Changchun Rail Station.
Links
Blog @ Changchun China
Changchun City of many Tram faces
Changchun YouTube Video
Changchun City Web site
Shangri-La Hotel A Luxury hotel in Changchun China