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Situated in Jilin Province, Changchun City is the provincial capital
and important machine building base of China. Its area is 18881
square kilometers with a population of 6.46 million.
Changchun City is located at the middle part of Songliao Plain.
It belongs to semi-moist monsoon climate with an annual temperature
of 4.8, annual average precipitation of 611 mm and frost free period
of 140-150 days. In mineral resources, there are coal, petroleum,
limestone, zeolite, sodium base grease clay and marble etc.
In industries, machine building takes the main position, beside
which there are foodstuff, textile, building materials, metallurgy
and medicine etc. Its vehicle building takes the lead in the country,
which is one of the main centers of manufacturing heavy-duty lorry,
sedan car, railway-carriage and city track vehicle, while the tractor
building and pharmacy have occupied a certain position in the country
as well. In agriculture, wheat, soyabean, sorghum, maize, sunflower
and different kinds of hemp take the main position. Sika breading
is famous here, while the output of pilose antler takes the lead
in the whole country.
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Hospital:
Police
Station:
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As the provincial capital of Jilin, and with a location between
Dalian and Harbin, Changchun is the transportation hub of the province.
Most of the provincial level transportation starts from Changchun.
Airport
Flights from Changchun reach most of the important cities of
China, while internationally there are flights available once a
week to Vladivostok, once a week to Hong Kong and twice a week to
Seoul. The airport is located 10km west of the city center at the
end of Yingbin Lu. Airport shuttle buses are available on a regular
basis between the airport and the railway station, stoping at the
People's Square and the city center on the way. Bus No.364 also
links the airport with the People's Square. A taxi ride from the
city to the airport should cost no more than RMB20. Telephone 0431-8690212
for airport information.
Railway
station
The railway station is located at the northern end of the Renmin
Dajie (People's Street), the widest and longest north-south street
which splits the city in two. From anywhere within Changchun city,
a taxi ride to the station should cost less than RMB15. Although
the station comes third in size next to Harbin and Shenyang, there
are still 80 trains arriving at or departing from Changchun daily.
Direct trains reach many places including Beijing (11 hours), Shanghai
(32 hours), Dalian (10 hours) and Xi'an (34 hours). The Main ticketing
offices, besides the railway station itself, include the one on
7 Puji Jie, the 32 Pingquan Lu office, the 25 Hongqi Jie Office
and the one on 19 Chuangye Dajie.
Bus
station
The major bus station is opposite the railway station on 6 Renmin
Lu. Most of the inter-provincial buses start from here. From the
station there are regular buses to Harbin(leaving hourly) and buses
to Shenyang and Beijing. In the provincial bus line, there are buses
to Jilin (every 15 minutes)and almost all the important destinations
of Jilin Province. Other bus stations are the South Station (36
Jiefang Lu) and the North Station (24 Changbai Lu), both with buses
to nearby destinations.
city
transport
Taxi fares are RMB5 for the first 2.5km, and then RMB1.3/km for
additional distances. This is probably the best way to get around.
The public bus system is also well established.
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