Overview

Jilin province, also called "Ji" for short, is located in the central part of Northeast China. It covers an area of 187,400 square kilometers and has a population of 24,073,453.

Jilin enjoys the advantages of being located near the sea and being one of the nine border provinces of the country, enabling it to serve as an important window which the national Belt and Road Initiative opens to the north.

As an old industrial base, Jilin province boasts relatively developed processing and manufacturing industries. It has five key industries – automobile manufacturing, petrochemical engineering, food, equipment manufacturing and medical health. Its auto and high-speed rail manufacturing areas are at a leading level in the country.

Located in the renowned golden corn belt and golden rice belt, Jilin province is a national key commodity grain production region. It has ranked national first for many years in terms of food production per capita, grain commodity rate, grain output and corn export volumes.

Jilin is also a pilot province for ecological construction, boasting 51 nature reserves, which account for 13.56 percent of the province's land area.

Jilin province has been promoting its high-quality development strategy and it has successfully adopted a comprehensive range of measures to tackle bottlenecks in its development over the past five years. 

In 2024, Jilin province recorded a GDP surge of 4.3 percent, showcasing remarkable achievements.