Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture has1/kloc-0 ports for North Korea and Russia, and the cargo throughput of the ports accounts for more than 90% of Jilin Province. There are 1 international airports flying directly to the first-tier cities of "North, Guangzhou and Shenzhen" and countries around the Sea of Japan.
Tumen River is the only water passage from the inland of China to the Sea of Japan. Yanbian is the only Korean autonomous prefecture in China, and also the largest Korean inhabited area, where 42.3% of the Korean population in China lives.
At the same time, it enjoys the national western development planning and policies, and is one of the three prefecture-level administrative regions that enjoy relevant policies. Yanbian is the birthplace of Manchu and their ancestors' Sushen, and the land of Longxing in Qing Dynasty.
Location context
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is located in the east of Jilin Province, with a latitude of 4 1 degree 59 minutes and 47 seconds north to 44 degrees and 30 minutes and 42 seconds east, and a longitude of 127 degrees and 27 minutes and 43 seconds east to1degree 18 minutes and 33 seconds east. Located at the junction of China, North Korea and Russia, facing the Sea of Japan. Bordering Russia's Primorsky Krai in the east; It faces Tumen River in the south and North Hamgyong Road and Liangjiang Road in North Korea.
Jilin City and baishan city are in the west; North of Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province. There are 5 border counties (cities) and 642 border villages in Quanzhou. The total length of the border is 768.5 kilometers, the border between China and Russia is 522.5 kilometers, and the border between China and North Korea is 246 kilometers. Quanzhou has a total land area of 43,300 square kilometers, accounting for about a quarter of the total area of Jilin Province.