Changchun
Changchun
长春市 | |
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Prefecture-level & Sub-provincial city | |
Changchun Central Business Center Former General Affairs State Council of Manchukuo Changchun Liberation Monument Guilin Road Food Street Changchun Geological Palace Museum Headquarter of FAW Group Corporation | |
| Nickname: 北国春城 (Spring City of Northern China) | |
Location of Changchun City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China | |
Changchun Location of the city centre in Jilin Changchun Changchun (China) | |
| Coordinates (Jilin People's Government): 43°53′49″N 125°19′34″E / 43.897°N 125.326°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Jilin |
| County-level divisions | 7 districts 2 county-level divisions 1 county |
| Incorporated (town) | 1889 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1932 |
| Municipal seat | Nanguan District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sub-provincial city |
| • Body | Changchun Municipal People's Congress |
| • CCP Secretary | vacant as of March 2021 |
| • Congress Chairman | Wang Zhihou |
| • Mayor | Zhang Zhijun |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Qi Yuanfang |
| Area | |
• City | 24,734 km2 (9,550 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2017)[2] | 1,855.00 km2 (716.22 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,855.00 km2 (716.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 222 m (730 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• City | 9,066,906 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,691,024 |
| • Urban density | 3,100/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,019,477 |
| • Metro density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| GDP[4] | |
| • City | CN¥ 763 billion US$ 107.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 84,175 US$ 11,820 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 130000 |
| Area code | 0431 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JL-01 |
| License plate prefixes | 吉A |
| Website | www.changchun.gov.cn |
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"Changchun" in Simplified Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长春 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 長春 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chángchūn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Long Spring" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hsinking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 新京 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xīnjīng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | New Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Manchu script | ᠴᠠᠨᡤᠴᠣᠨ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romanization | Cangcon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Changchun[a] is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, China,[8] on the Songliao Plain. Changchun is administered as a sub-provincial city, comprising seven districts, one county and three county-level cities.[9] At the 2020 census of China, Changchun had a population of 9,066,906. Changchun's metro area, comprising five districts and one development area, had a population of 5,019,477. Shuangyang and Jiutai districts are not urbanized yet.[3] It is one of the biggest cities in Northeast China, along with Mukden, Dalian and Harbin.
The name of the city means "long spring" in Chinese. Between 1932 and 1945, Changchun was renamed Xinjing (Chinese: 新京; pinyin: Xīnjīng; lit. 'new capital') or Hsinking by the Kwantung Army as the capital of the Imperial Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, occupying modern Northeast China. After the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Changchun was established as the provincial capital of Jilin in 1954.
Known locally as China's "City of Automobiles",[10] Changchun is an important industrial base with a particular focus on the automotive sector.[11] Because of its key role in the domestic automobile industry, Changchun was sometimes referred to as the "Detroit of China".[12] The FAW Group, one of the "Big Four" state-owned car manufacturers of China, is headquartered in the city. Apart from this industrial aspect, Changchun is also one of four "National Garden Cities" awarded by the Ministry of Construction of P.R. China in 2001 due to its high urban greening rate.[10]
Changchun is also one of the top 30 cities in the world by scientific research as tracked by the Nature Index according to the Nature Index 2024 Science Cities.[13] The city is home to several major universities, notably Jilin University and Northeast Normal University, members of China's prestigious universities in the Double First-Class Construction.
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