Changchun’s location on the map

Changchun’s location on the map is the geographical center of Northeast China.

Changchun is the capital of Jilin Province, located in the northeastern region of China. It is located in the geographical center of the Northeast and borders Songyuan City, Siping City, Jilin City and Harbin City respectively. It is a famous old industrial base in China and a new city. China's earliest automobile industry base and film production base, it is known as the "Detroit of the East" and the "Hollywood of the East".

At the same time, it is also the cradle of the development of industries such as rail buses, optoelectronic technology, applied chemistry, and biological products in New China. It has given birth to the famous China FAW, Changchun Film Studio, Changchun Bus Factory, and Changchun Institute of Optics and Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Changchun Institute of Biological Products.

Also known as Spring City, it was also known as Xidu, Chaachong and Huanglongfu in ancient times. It is a sub-provincial city, a central city in the Northeast Asia Economic Circle, one of the central cities in Northeast China and an important industrial base approved by the State Council. , with a total area of ??20,565 square kilometers.

The best of Changchun:

1. The first city in Asia to fully popularize flush toilets and piped gas (1930s).

2. The first city in Asia to have main roads wired underground (1930s).

3. China’s first city (Paris, Canberra) planned and designed entirely by foreign experts.

4. China’s first independently developed commercial remote sensing satellite group “Jilin-1”.

5. The cradle of China's automobile industry, China FAW in Changchun manufactured the first car and the first sedan in New China.

6. The cradle of China’s rail buses, Changchun Bus Factory manufactured the first rail bus, the first tram, the first subway train, and the first maglev train (experimental) in New China; Changchun Bus Factory is my country's largest R&D, manufacturing and export base for railway passenger cars and urban rail vehicles, and is also the world's largest rail vehicle manufacturer.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Changchun City