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| Basics
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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 187,400 km2
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Agriculture : beets, corn, millet,
red beans, rice, sorghum, soybeans, sunflower seeds, tobacco, wheat
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Provincial government office address :
11 Xinfa Road, Changchun City
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| Capital and Largest City : Changchun
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Animal products : antlers, beef,
dairy products, mutton, sable fur, silk cocoons, wool
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Telephone : (86)(431)891-9971
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| English meaning of name : Auspicious
Forest
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Foreign direct investment (2000) :
US$337 million
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Website (Chinese) : www.jl.gov.cn/
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Han 91%,
Korean 4%, Manchu 4%, Mongol 0.6%, Hui 0.5%
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GDP (2000) : 182.12 billion yuan
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Website (English) :
www.jl.gov.cn/jlgov_6/index.jsp
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| Organization : 9 prefectures; 60
counties; 1011 townships
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GDP per capita (2000) : 6842 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 26,990,000
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Industry : automobiles, electronics,
engineering, food processing, metallurgy, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals,
railway cars, tractors
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Airports : Changchun International
Airport (CGQ), Jilin Airport (JIL), Yanji Airport (YNJ), Tonghua Liuhe Airport
(TNH)
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| Population density : 144/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: http://www.china.org.cn
/english/features/48106.htm
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Highways/railroads : 35,216 km of
highways with a density of 18.8 km per 100 square kilometers, including over
500 km of expressways; the province has an excellent rail network (originally
built by the Japanese) with Changchun as its hub
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| Weather : warm summers; long, cold,
dry winters
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Mineral resources : bentonite, carbon
dioxide gas, coal, diatomite, gabbro, germanium, gold, iron, molybdenum, oil
shale, petroleum, refractory clay, wollastonite
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Major seaports : Jilin is landlocked;
however, river navigation is possible from April-November. The major river
ports are Da'an, Jilin and Fuyu
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