Overview of

Geography

Geographical Location

Jilin Province is located in the geographic center of Northeast Asia, the hinterland of Northeast . It lies on the east longitude 121° 38′ ～131°19′ and the north latitude 40° 50′～46°19′, 769.62 kilometers long from west to east and 606.57 kilometers wide from north to south. It is adjacent to Province in south, Inner Autonomous Region in west and Heilongjiang Province in north; it remains contiguous to in east and borders the Democratic People's Republic of Korea along the Tumen River and the Yalu River in southeast.

Jilin Province borders the coastal waters and the border line is 1,438.7 kilometers in total, including China-North Korea border line of 1,206 kilometers and China-Russia border line of 232.7 kilometers. Huichun City at the eastern tip of Jilin Province is only 15 kilometers away from the Sea of Japan and 4 kilometers away from the Posyeta Bay of Russia.

Topography and Geomorphology

The topographic features have significant differences in Jilin Province. The terrain tilts from southeast to northwest, with an obvious feature that the southeast is high and the northwest is low. Dahei Mountain in the middle divides the mid-west plain into two landforms, central terrace plain and mid-west plain. The eastern mountain area is divided into Changbai Mountain middle and low mountain area and low mountain and hill area and the mid-west plain is divided into central terrace plain and west meadow, lake, wetland and, sand area. Geomorphic types are mainly composed of volcanic landform, erosion landform, alluvial proluvial plain and alluvial plain. Main mountain ranges include Dahei Mountain, Zhangguangcai Ridge, Jilin Hada Mountain, Laoling Mountain and Mudanling Mountain. Main plains include the Songnen Plain and the Liaohe Plain. In the province's total area, mountains accounts for 36%, plains accounts for 30%, tableland accounts for 28.2% and others are hills.

Climate Characteristics

Jilin Province is located in the east of the Eurasian continent and pertains to the temperate continental monsoon climate, with clear change of four seasons and a hot rainy season. The spring is dry and windy, the summer is warm and rainy, the autumn is cool and pleasant and the winter is cool and long. From southeast to northwest, it shifts from humid climate to semi-humid climate and then to semi-dry climate. Across the province, air temperature, rainfall, temperature, wind and meteorological disasters are remarkably varying from seasons and regions. Average annual temperature is 2℃～6℃, which is low in mountainous regions and higher in plains. Average temperature in the summer is below -11℃ and average temperature of plains in summer is above 23℃. Annual temperature different in the province ranges 35～42℃ and daily different is generally between 10～14℃. Annual frost free period is 100 to 160 days. Average annual sunshine hits 2,259 to 3,016 hours. Annual rainfall is 400 to 600 mm, but it remains a big difference in season and regions. 80% of rainfall is in summer, with the most rainfall in the northeastern region. In normal years, sunlight, heat and water can be favorable for growth of crops.

Environment

Eco-regional Distribution

The ecological environment of the province represents special diversity and relative integrity, relatively good recoverability and high degree of protection. From east to west, it has a natural formation of such four ecotopes as the eastern Changbai Mountain primeval forest ecotope, the central and eastern hilly secondary vegetation ecotope, the central Songliao Plain ecotope and the western prairie wetland.

The eastern Changbai Mountain has an immense forest, high forest cover, intact forest ecosystem, abundant organism species and abundant precipitation, and it is an important ecological barrier for Jilin Province and Northeast Asia.

The central and eastern hills have dense and natural secondary forests and planted forests and high forest cover. It is an important section of the Songhua River and also the upper reaches of "three lakes" ( Lake, Hongshi Lake and Songhua Lake) and the Dongliao River, with abundant water and mineral resources.

The central Songliao Plain boasts vast expanse of fertile land, flat terrain, a sound agricultural protection forest system and a stronger environmental carrying capacity. With favorable conditions to develop quality agricultural product production, it has a reputation of "golden corn belt" and "hometown of black soil", serving as an important production base of marketable grain in China.

In the western prairie wetland, an extended strand of Horqin Grassland, there is a vast stretch of grassland, densely scattered ponds, a fairly large area of wetland and ample underground water and transit water. It is not only a transition zone of ecological system shifting from humid forest grassland to semi-dry grassland and desert and also an important channel of bird migration and a homeland of red-crowned cranes. With a low-lying topography and fairly good light and heat conditions, it has been a key area to develop agriculture and animal husbandry.

Nature Reserve

The province has 44 nature reserves at all levels and of all types, including 19 national nature reserves, 16 provincial nature reserves, and 9 city- and county-level nature reserves. Total area of these nature reserves reached 2.43 million hectares, accounting for 12.96% of the province's land area. In 1980, UNESCO designated Changbai Mountain as the protecting net of "Man and Biosphere". In 1992, Changbai Mountain is rated as an international Grade A natural reserve by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Eco-civilization Construction

Superior natural and ecological environment of Jilin Province has provided preferable basic conditions for economic and social sustainable development. In 1999, the state approved Jilin Province to be a pilot province for ecological construction. In 2001, the province implemented the "Outline for the Overall Planning of Ecological Construction in Jilin Province". In 2006, Jilin Province established Changbai Mountain Protection and Development Management Committee to carry out centralized management and protection of Changbai Mountain development. Since the implementation of ecological construction, Jilin Province has conducted a series of ecological protection projects. Remarkable achievements have been made in the construction of ecological civilization.

Jilin adopted mandatory measures to protect the resources of the eastern Changbai Mountain and gave priorities to protection for biodiversity and unique landscapes in geology and terrain, recovery of forest ecosystem, development of forest carbon sequestration and exertion of whole ecosystem function; furthermore, Jilin strengthened construction of natural reserves and management of bio-safety to protect wild animals and plants, rare and endangered living beings and wetland resources. It adopted initiative protection for water resources in the east central region and implemented the water resource protection projects of Baishan, Jingyu source of mineral water and Erlong Lake reservoir in Siping, and the protection projects regarding water pollution prevention & control of the Songhua River and the Dongliao River, small watershed management and "three lakes" for the Songhua River. Jilin adopted positive protection for black soil resources in the central region. Specifically, it conducted the comprehensive key control projects of water and soil loss in black soil areas, built the high-standard farmland, generalized the application of organic fertilizers in allusion to black soil resources of 19 counties in the central region. Jilin turned to urgent conservation for ecological fragile region in the southwest. To achieve this goal, Jilin placed emphasis on the projects relating to the reclamation of western saline-alkali soils and protective wetland construction of Xianghai, Boluo Lake and Chagan Lake in the western 13 counties (areas); besides, it also formulated and released Jilin's Plan for Wetlands Protection; consequently, the province effectively recovered and enhanced the area of wetlands, grassland with three ecological problems (land saline-alkalization, grassland degeneration and land desertification) and soil and water loss; the beautiful scene of rippling Oasis and wild profusion of vegetation reappeared at the western wetlands.

Jilin thoroughly implemented the ten-year project of landscaping and beautifying Jilin and launched the construction projects for natural forest protection, farmland shelter-forest, returning land for farming to forestry, three-north shelter forest and desertification control. The province's forest area hikes to 8.281 million hectares at present, from 8.176 million hectares at the end of the "tenth five-year plan" period; percentage of forest cover rises to 43.8%, from 43.2% in the past; and remarkable improvement has been made in forest vegetation, forest structure and biodiversity.

The province developed 11 national-level ecological townships, 30 provincial-level ecological towns and 94 provincial-level ecological villages, of which County has been the province's first ecological county.

Resource

Land Resources

Jilin Province is located in the world famous black soil belt. The surface soil organic matter content is 3% to 6% and even up to above 15%. The province's arable land is 7.03 million hectares, accounting for about 30% of the province's total land area and ranking the ninth place nationwide. Black soil area hit about 1.1 million hectares and arable black soil is about 832,000 hectares, accounting for 15.6% of the province's total arable land. The grain yield in black soil accounts for more than half of the province's total. Compared with the country, total land area, arable land and basic farmland of Jilin Province account for around 2%, 4.4% and 4.4% of the national total, respectively. The protection ratio of basic farmland hits 86.9%, which is basically in line with other key grain-growing provinces. Per capita arable land is 3.05 mu, more than twice the national average and roughly equal to the world's average.

Forest Resources

Jilin Province has abundant forest resources, and is one of the key forestry provinces in China. The province has forestry land area of 9.299 million hectares, forest land area of 8.288 million hectares, and a total reserve of 956.13 million cubic meters. The forest coverage reaches 43.8%. Changbai Mountain, known as "Changbai forest sea", is one of China's six major forest areas, which has a wide range of rare trees such as Korean pine, oak tree, ash, ash and Phellodendron amurense. "Changbai Pine", a rare tree peculiar to Changbai Mountain, is called "Beauty Pine" for its straight trunk, bright bark and charming shape, and is included in the "National Key Protected Wild Plants" promulgated by State Council in 1999. Mineral Resources

Mineral Resources

The eastern Changbai Mountain, located at the core area of Liaodong-Jinan metallogenic belt, is one of 16 key metallogenic belts in China, with abundant mineral resources. Now 158 kinds of minerals are founded, accounting for 66.6% of the national total, 237 kinds. Among them, there are 115 kinds of minerals (including sub-varieties) with proven reserves. Oil shale, molybdenum, nickel, magnesium, grammite, diatomaceous earth, bentonite, volcanic cinder, haydite shale and mineral water are superior mineral resources in Jilin Province. The eastern Changbai Mountain is a centralized area of mineral water resources, with extremely abundant reserves. It is known as one of the world top three concentrative places of mineral water, enjoying equal popularity as much as the Alps and North Caucasus. Songliao Basin, in the middle west of Jilin Province, is rated as one of national eleven key oil-bearing basins.

Grassland Resources

Jilin Province is one of eight major pastoral areas in China. The whole province has grassland area of 10.37 million hectares, accounting for around 3.6% of the province's land area. In this region, the available area reaches over 70% of the province's grassland area, mainly in the eastern mountains and hills and western grasslands. Eastern grasslands are scattered with high yield of grass; while western grasslands are vast and concentrated with good-quality grass, especially famous for abounding guineagrass, which is an important base for the development of animal husbandry. In recent years, Jilin Province has carried out ecological grass construction in 13 western counties (county-level cities, districts) to strengthen ecological protection for grassland and reduce the bearing pressure on grassland, so that the grassland vegetation has been significantly restored.

Wetland Area

Jilin Province is one of provinces with relatively diversified wetlands in China. The province's wetland area is 1.728 million mu, accounting for 9.2% of the province's total area. The wetland areas are mainly distributed at and area, taking up an area of 785,000 hectares, or 45.4% of the province's total wetland area, including natural wetland area of 577,000 hectares, accounting for 56.2% of the province’s total area of natural wetland. There are six national key wetlands (Xianghai National Nature Reserve, Momoge National Nature Reserve, Chagan Lake National Natural Reserve, Dabusu National Natural Reserve, Moon Lake National Natural Reserve and Moors National Natural Reserve), of which Xianghai and Momoge Wetlands have been included in the list of wetlands of international importance.

Water Resources

Jilin Province is abundant in rivers and located on the upper and middle stream of the main rivers of the northeast region. Volcanic cones around Changbai Mountain Tianchi are the cradle of the Songhua, Yalu and Tumen rivers, so it is widely known as "the source of three rivers". The province has river and lake area of 265,500 hectares and 1,648 rivers and streams which have a drainage area of more than 20 square kilometers, respectively belonging to such five major river systems as Songhua River, Liao River, Yalu River, Tumen River and Suifen River. The province has 1,397 lakes with a water area of more than 0.067 square kilometers, which are mainly divided into three types – crater lake, fluvial lake and inland lake. Eastern mountain areas have intensive river network and large amount of surface runoff, but with less groundwater, while western plains have rich groundwater. Jilin Province has 98% of water resources in the eastern mountain areas.

Wildlife Resources

Jilin Province boasts the well-developed and diversified microorganism population. There are 446 kinds of terrestrial wildlife having been identified, including 15 kinds of amphibious animal, 16 kinds of reptile, 335 kinds of bird and 80 kinds of beast, accounting for 17.69% of the country's total. Among them, birds account for 30.36% of the country's total. In Jilin Province, Siberian tiger, leopard, sika deer, oriental white stork, red-crowned crane and great bustard have an extremely important role in the rescue and protection of international endangered species. Siberian tiger comes within the wildlife under the national first class protection. There are only 450 Siberian tigers throughout the world, including 11-13 ones at forest areas of Changbai Mountain of Jilin Province; there are only more than 4,000 white storks in the world and more than 3,800 ones distributed in Jilin Province. Huichun City of Jilin Province has been honored the title "Hometown of China's Siberian Tigers" by China Wildlife Conservation Association.

Now there are 3,890 kinds of wild plant species, including over 270 kinds of lichen, over 350 kinds of moss, over 900 kinds of eumycetes, over 140 kinds of ferns, 30 kinds of gymnosperm and more than 2,200 kinds of angiosperm. Jilin Province is the main production area of (dried) delicacies from the mountains in northeast China and wild edible plants include bracken, vetch, fresh tender shoots, pine mushroom, black fungus, hedgehog hydnum as well as amur grape and hickory The eastern Changbai Mountain is rich in wildlife resources of medicinal plants, so it has been known as one of three northeast treasures in China.

Three Northeast Treasures

Jilin Province is famous for being the main producing area of "Northeast three treasures" - ginseng, marten and antler. Changbai Mountain ginseng is a precious medicinal material, and its shape resembles a human form, hence the name. As its ginsenosides I-VI and other active ingredients can nourish vitality, blood and tranquilization, it has a long medical history for 4,000 years in China. Jilin Province is China's largest production and export base of ginseng, whose ginseng production accounts for 80% of domestic output and more than 70% of the world. In 1981, a farmer of Beigang Village, dug a large wild ginseng which is 160 years old, 287.5 grams in weight and 79.5 cm long, known as the king of wild ginseng, and is kept as a national treasure in Jilin Pavilion of Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Martes zibellina is an animal under first-grade state protection, as its fur is brown or grayish brown with white guard hairs in between, its cortex is tough and tensile, and its plush is gorgeous, delicate and thick, gentle and shiny, so it is called the crown of the fur. Antler is a precious medicinal material, and can replenish vital essence to benefit the marrow, nourish the blood to reinforce the kidney and strengthen tendons and bones. Jilin Province is also the hometown of sika deer, and its antler wine, deer's tail extract, deer foetus ointment and other deer-based products are favored by domestic and foreign customers.

Energy

Jilin Province boasts a broad range of energy resources and remains relatively abundant in new energy and renewable energy such as wind energy, biomass energy and solar energy.

The province's coal with recoverable deposits numbers 2.6 billion tons, of which recoverable reserve is 800 million tons. Up till now, totally 209 coal mines have a production capacity of 54.16 million tons/year (Recoverable for around 20 years). Petroleum that can be proven reaches 4.85 billion tons, including proven geological reserves of 1.45 billion tons. Natural gas that can be proven reaches 3.0512 trillion cubic meters, including proven geological reserves of 151.8 billion cubic meters. Oil shale with proven reserves hit 108 billion tons, ranking the top among the nation. Jilin Province takes pride in the technically developable resources of 5.1155 million kilowatt, potential developable wind resources of around 200 million kilowatt, and installed capacity of around 54 million kilowatt; development of biomass energy holds great promise, and biomass resources like crops and forestry residues are abundant; collectible resources of agricultural biomass reach 46.74 million tons/year and forestry residues hit 10 million tons/year; annual radiation of solar energy totals 5,051.5 MJ/m2; geothermy potential equals to 2.6 billion standard coal.

Population and Nationality

Jilin Province had a total population of 27.5128 million (by the end of 2013), of which the population in urban areas accounted for 54.20%.

Jilin is a multiracial province and has a total of 56 nationalities including the Korean, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui and Sibo nationalities. In addition to the Han nationality, the 55 minority nationalities account for around 8% of the province's total population. The Korean nationality is mainly distributed in east Jilin Province, such as Yanbian, Jilin, Tonghua and Baishan; the Mongolian and Sibo nationalities are mainly distributed in Baicheng and Songyuan Cities in west Jilin Province; the Manchu and Hui nationalities are mainly distributed in , Jilin, Tonghua and Siping cities.

Regional Autonomy for Nationalities

According to the nationality policy of the Chinese Communist Party, Jilin Province has instituted a system of regional autonomy in minority areas and established one and three autonomous counties, namely, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Qian Gorlos Mongolian Autonomous County, Changbai Korean Autonomous County and Yitong Manchu Autonomous County. Besides, there are 33 nationality town seats (towns). Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, known as the largest community of the Korean nationality and also the only Korean autonomous prefecture in China, has been honored the title "Model Prefecture for National Unity and Progress" by the State Council for consecutively five years.

Folk Customs

All minorities in Jilin Province have created colorful folk cultures in their long-term production activities. Different nationalities vary from foods, clothes and etiquettes.

The Korean nationality Jilin Province is a main inhabit region for Koreans. Koreans have their own language, and have a glorious tradition of being hard-working, strong and brave. In the Anti-Japanese War, the War of Liberation and the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, Koreans had made tremendous sacrifices and great contribution to the liberation of the Chinese nation and the founding and consolidation of the New China. Koreans prefer wearing pure white clothes, pay attention to etiquette, respect the old and cherish the young, can both sing and dance. Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture was established on September 3, 1952, and is known as the "land of song and dance" and the "land of football".

The Manchu nationality Jilin Province is one of birthplace of Manchus. Manchus have their own language and have had a good command of Chinese. Manchu women like wearing cheongsam, which is elegant in style and has distinctive national characteristics, and cheongsam have become Chinese traditional women's clothes and remain popular. Manchu's traditional customs in etiquettes, sacrifices, wedding, funeral, inhabitation and child rearing have an influence to many areas. Their painting, paper cutting, song and dance, folk art, folk tales and national sport have a long, uninterrupted history and remain popular. Manchu diet is unique, of which "Chinese Feast" enjoys widespread renown.

The Mongolian nationality Mongolians have their own language. Their costumes, diet, housing and transport, architecture, wedding, funeral, taboos and etiquette have distinctive ethnic characteristics. Mongolians can both sing and dance. The most popular folk musical instrument is the four-stringed fiddle with strings tuned in pairs, also known as four strings. On every anniversary of the establishment of autonomous county and ethnic township and the Mongolian traditional festivals, Naadam (Entertainment) Festival will be held to conduct horse racing, Buzkashi, wrestling and other national sports events and song and dance performances.

Economic Development

Since the reform and opening-up, especially that the CPC Central Committee implemented the strategy of reviving the old industrial bases in the Northeast and other regions in October 2003, Jilin held fast the important historic opportunity to vigorously break through the deep-seated contradictions in systems, mechanisms and structures by adhering to the principle of scientific development, deepening reforms, considerable innovation and strenuous enterprising, and make full efforts to emphasize the work in fortification storming for the state-owned enterprise reform, investment stimulation, opening to the outside world, reinforcing county rights for its prosperity, soaring economic development of private sectors and leapfrog development of service industry. Consequently, the province witnessed fast economic development, enlarged total quantity, remarkable enhancement in comprehensive strength, all-round social progress and obvious improvements in livelihood. The old industrial base is now full of vigor and vitality. From 2004 to 2013, the province's gross economic magnitude successively soared to RMB 300 billion, RMB 400 billion, RMB 500 billion, RMB 600 billion, RMB 700 billion, RMB 800 billion and then RMB 1 trillion in 2011, realizing the development by leaps and bounds. In 2013, this figure reached RMB 1.29815 trillion, up 8.3%, or representing an annual average growth rate of 13.29%; local financial revenue topped RMB100 billion and the ratio of the three sectors was 11.6:52.8:35.6.

Transportation

Centralized on Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, road and railway network connects to all major cities in the province and attains a coverage to all large and medium-sized cities in China, which basically forms a modern three-dimensional transport network extending in all directions and to be quick and convenient.

Road Total road mileage hits 94,200 km, including 86,700 km or 92% standard highways. Among the province's total road mileage, there are expressways of 2,326 km. Expressways of eight cities and prefectures in the province are opened to traffic. 25 of 40 counties and county-level cities have expressways available.

Railway Centralized on Changchun, Jilin Province's main artery of railways extends in all directions, including Changda, Changha, Changtu and Changbai railways. As of the end of 2013, the province's railway operating mileage hit 4,222 kilometers.

Chang (Changchun) Ji (Jilin) High-speed Rail - the northeastern first high-speed intercity rail, was opened to traffic officially on December 30, 2010, with total length of 96 kilometers and gross investment of RMB 8.6 billion. The completion of Chang Ji Intercity Rail crowned itself to be the first high-speed rail in Jilin Province, and marked that Jilin Province stepped into a new era of high-speed rail.

Hada (Harbin-Dalian) High-speed Railway - the world's first high-speed railway operating in extremely cold areas was opened officially on December 1, 2012. Hada High-speed Railway is an important part of Jingha High-speed Railway in China's "four-vertical and four-horizontal" high-speed railway network, running through Liaoning Province, Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province. With 23 stations, the railway has realized the objective of "intercity transportation in Northeast China".

Civil Aviation Jilin Province has an aviation network directing to its surrounding countries and regions, with Changchun Longjia International Airport as its center and Jilin, and Changbaishan airports as its main lines. More than 40 aviation routes are open to more than 30 cities at home and abroad. The construction of second phase project of Changchun Longjia International Airport was commenced. In August 2008, Changbaishan Airport - China's first forest tourism airport was completed and opened. In June 2014, Jilin Tonghua Airport was completed and put into use officially. Since then, airport pattern of "one major airport, multiple auxiliary airports" is emerging in Jilin Province.

In 2013, China Airport Construction Group completed flight transport for 69,500 flights and passenger throughput of 8.164 million person times. In July 2014, the international passenger routes "Changchun, China - Yanji - Huichun - Vladivostok, Russia" resumed its operation.

Agriculture

Jilin Province is an important commodity grain production base in China, with advantageous conditions for agricultural production. The central part of Jilin Province is located in the world famous "golden corn belt" with flat terrain and fertile soil, and its grain production has an important position in the country.

Since the reform and opening up, Jilin has achieved a sustained development in modern agricultural construction and the overall efficiency of agriculture has been improved significantly. Its grain production capacity has reached a new stage of 65 billion jin (or 32.5 million kg). In 2013, grain production hit 71.02 billion jin (or 35.51 billion kg), ranking the fourth in the country. The per unit area yield of grain ranked the first in the country. Over the years, the province has ranked the first nationwide by the commodity rate of grains, per capita possession of grains and per capita procession of meat. Jilin Province is also an emerging animal husbandry base as animal husbandry output value has accounted for over 40% of total agricultural output value.

Since the advent of the new century, the agricultural product processing industry develops rapidly and becomes a new pillar industry in Jilin Province. In 2013, the sales income hit 402.8 billion Yuan, up 13.6%. There are 47 national leading enterprises and 451 provincial leading enterprises of agricultural industrialization currently. Changchun Dacheng Group is the world's third largest integrated corn processing enterprise and ranks first in the world by lysine output. Haoyue Company is Asia's largest beef processing company with annual processing capacity of one million cows and its products are exported to 21 countries and regions. Jinyi Egg Products is China's largest egg processing enterprise with annual processing capacity of 35,000 tons of free egg and its products are exported to more than 10 countries and regions. Zhengfang Company is China's largest foie gras production enterprise with annual processing capacity of 1,000 tons of foie gras and its products are exported countries and regions including Japan, South Korea, the Middle East and Hong Kong. Six enterprises including Haoyue, Deda and Huazheng are honored the Chinese Well-known Trademark.

Industry

Industry Jilin Province is China's important industrial base. During the "First Five-year Plan" period, New China invested and built 12 key projects in Jilin Province, including Changchun First Automotive Works (FAW), Changchun Bus Factory, Jilin Fertilizer Plant, Jilin Dye Plant and Fengman Power Station, to lay a good foundation for the province's industrial development.

Since the reform and opening up, the industrial structure has been improved constantly, the leading industries have been expanded rapidly, the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries has taken a significant step and the province's industrialization level has been increased substantially. By far, the province has formed a modern industrial system based on three major pillar industries, automobile, petrochemical and agricultural products processing, and competitive industries including pharmaceutical, electronic information, metallurgy, building materials and light textiles.

Since the revitalization of old industrial bases in Jilin, the province has made full efforts to implement fortification storming for the state-owned enterprise reform centralized on property system in allusion to long-term accumulated deep-seated contradictions, such as large proportion of state-owned enterprises and lack of vitality, so that all the province's local state-owned enterprises have completed the restructuring task and the enterprise development vitality and state-owned capital control power have significantly enhanced. The province's industrial economy has achieved a rapid development, the efficiency has greatly improved, and especially, automobile, rail passenger cars, agricultural products processing, pharmaceutical and other pillar industries have showed a rapid development momentum.

Auto Industry As the first pillar industry of Jilin Province, automobile production seizes an important position across the country. In 2013, added value of automotive industry in the province rose by 11.3%, which contributed 26.9% to the provincial economic growth and represented a percentage of 23.5% of gross industrial growth above designated size. In 2013, overall vehicle yield of FAW Group hit 2.935 million sets, up 10.5%; 2.908 million vehicles were sold, representing a growth rate of 9.9%. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, Jilin Province thoroughly implements the plan of promoting pillar and competitive industries. With FAW as the core, the plan is to establish the system of vehicle R&D, components and services. By 2015, the province will be developed into a world-class auto industry base with the provincial vehicle yield of 4 million sets and automotive added value of RMB 200 billion.