 Jilin province is called Ji for short. It lies in the
middle part of the northeastern China. It covers an area of 187,400 square
km and has a population of 27,040,000.
In Jilin province, the southeastern part is higher than the northwestern
part, there are mountainous regions, hills and plains. The plains cover 40
percent of the total area, the mountainous regions and hills cover more than
60 percent. The rivers belong to the following river systems, they are the
Songhua River, Liao River, Yalu River and so on. But the Songhua River is
the most important one. Jilin is the semi-dry and moist monsoon climate in
Temperate Zone. It has abundant forest reserves, fertile land and vast
grasslands. Mainly, the mineral resources are coal, iron, copper and gold.
In industry, there is machinery, petrochemical industry, food, metallurgy
and medicine, etc. Among them, the output of automobile, passenger train,
ferroalloy, machine-made paper, timber, cardboard and tractor are in the
first places in China. In agriculture, Jilin is rich in maize, soybean,
rice, sorghum and oilseed, the yield of beet is at the forefront in China,
and the output of ginseng is about 80 percent.
In Jilin, the railway and the highway are very convenient, and the
railway is the main means of traffic. The Second-Songhua River is chief
water transport. And the city of Changchun is the center of aviation.
Changbai Mountain, Jilin Songhua Lake and some relics are well-known
scenic spots and historical sites. The traditional specialties are pilose
antler, ginseng, marten, which are called "three kinds of treasures" in the
northeast, and Changchun ginseng cigarette, Jilin Sanbao wine, Tonghua wine,
etc.
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