Location(地理位置)

Jilin province is short for “Ji” and located in the central part of northeast China, between 40°52′-46°18′ north latitude and between 121°38′-131°19′ east longitude. It covers an area of about 187,400 sq km, 2% of the total country area. The territory of Jilin stretches about 600 km from north to south and about 750 km from east to west. It bordered with Liaoning Province to the south, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the west, Heilongjiang Province to the north, and the Russian Federation to the east. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea sits opposite Jilin across the Yalu and Tumen rivers. The province’s 1,438.7-km borderline includes a 1,206-km stretch between China and Korea and a 232.7-km stretch between China and Russia. Hunchun situated in the geometry center of the Northeast Asia, is the city on the easternmost tip of the province and only 15 km from the Sea of Japan and 4 km from Russian Posjet Bay.

Jilin province sees extremely four seasons, and the disaster like flood and drought seldom takes place here. Situated on the eastern side of the middle-latitudinal Eurasian Continent, Jilin has a continental monsoon climate. It is arid and windy in spring, hot and rainy in summer with the highest temperature 30°C,comfortably fine and cool in autumn, while winter is long and cold with the lowest temperature minus 30°C.The annual temperature averages 2～6°C, with the temperature in the mountain areas a bit too low and that in the plains a bit too high. The frost-free period lasts 100 to 160 days. Precipitation averages 400～600 mm a year, but is marked by striking seasonal and geographical differences: 80% of the rainfalls are concentrated in summer, with the eastern part enjoying the most abundant rainfalls. In a normal year, the land of Jilin receives plenty of sunshine, heat and water, to the benefit of crop growth. Here is really a glamorous and auspicious land, because of the favourable weather for the crops.