4.11.2009

Changchun Pictures of Travel

Changchun only has a history of 200 years and it is a brisk young city. It is in the hinterland of Songliao Plain, with Baicheng city on its northwest, Siping city on its southwest, Jilin City on its southeast and Leilongjiang province on its northeast. Changchun is the capital of Jinlin Province and it is the political, economical and cultural center of Jinlin Province China Pictures.

Changchun has grown speedly in recent year, concentrating on major primary industries. The discovery of large oil & gas reserves in the late 1950s gave the Changchun city the added boost that it needed to carry its modernisation into the twenty first century. With such a thriving environment the city began to churn out a variety of goods. Most notable were films from the propaganda machine, the Changchun Film Studio, the automobile industry, with Liberation Trucks heading towards Korea, and "red flag" Limousines heading for Changchun's Zhongnanhai (the leadership compound). Today, cars running on the road of Changchun are mainly Golf,China Pictures, Santana, and Audi, thanks to the establishment of a Sino-German joint venture.

Changchun in its present form is a new city with only about 200 years of history.  

It expanded rapidly as the junction between the Japanese-owned South Manchurian Railway and the Russian-owned Chinese Eastern Railway, which had different rail gauges and permit licenses, from 1905-1935. Changchun had railway repair shops, and branch lines originating in Changchun extended into Korea and Inner Mongolia.

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