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Changchun

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Changchun(长春, 長春) is the capital of the Jilin province in northeastern China. It is a sub-provincial city. The placename means "Eternal Spring".

Table of contents
1 History
2 Economy
3 Colleges and universities
4 Miscellaneous
5 External links

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. The capital was known as Xinjing during that time.

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

Miscellaneous

Changchun is a sister city of Ulsan, South Korea since 1994.

External links