Changchun

Changchun (Simplified Chinese: 长春; Traditional Chinese: 長春; pinyin: Chángchūn; Wade-Giles: Ch'ang-ch'un) is the capital of the Jilin province in northeastern China. It is a sub-provincial city. The placename means "Eternal Spring".

History

Changchun was the capital of Manchukuo, a nominally independent puppet state set up by the Japanese in Manchuria, and which existed from 1931 to 1945. Then known as 新京 (Pinyin: Xīnjīng, Wade-Giles: Hsin-ching), the capital was a planned city.

Changchun will host the 2007 Winter Asian Games.

Economy

Volkswagen has a manufacturing plant in Changchun.

The GDP per capita was ¥21336 (ca. US$2580) in 2003, ranked no. 52 among 659 Chinese cities.

Colleges and universities

• Jilin University
• Northeast Normal University

Miscellaneous

Changchun has been a sister city of Ulsan, South Korea since 1994. Li Hongzhi, leader of the Falun Gong cult, comes from Changchun.

See also

• Jilin City
• Harbin
• Shenyang
• Dalian

External links

• Site
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