Time Zone |
Asia/Pyongyang |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+9 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Rason, a special city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is located at the mouth of the Tumen River in the northeastern part of the DPRK, bordering Hunchun City of Jilin Province in China and Primorsky Krai in Russia, and is the only border city of the DPRK that is neighboring China and Russia at the same time. As the core component of Rason Economic and Trade Zone, Rajin Port is an important deep-water port of the DPRK, with an annual throughput capacity of about 7 million tons, assuming the function of a key hub for the DPRK's foreign trade, and the main import and export cargoes include coal, timber, aquatic products, etc. The city has a temperate monsoon climate, with a high degree of water retention. The city has a temperate monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, with cold winters and little snow, and warm, humid summers. In recent years, the DPRK has implemented a special economic zone policy in Rojin to attract foreign investment for the development of industry, trade and tourism, and has gradually become an important logistics node and trade center in Northeast Asia by virtue of its unique geographic advantages.
Zigui County is located in the west of China's Hubei Province, belonging to the city of Yichang, located in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River on the banks of the Xiling Gorge, is the hometown of Qu Yuan and the Three Gorges Reservoir District, an important county and city. With a total area of 2427 square kilometers and a population of about 400,000, it is mainly mountainous and hilly, with a subtropical monsoon climate and four distinct seasons.
Zigui is the hometown of the great poet Qu Yuan, and organizes the International Dragon Boat Festival and Qu Yuan Cultural Tourism Festival every year. It is also the hometown of Chinese navel oranges, producing zigui navel oranges, with agriculture and cultural tourism as the economic pillars. After the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, Zigui became a key area for resettlement of immigrants in the reservoir area, and the new county town was built along the river with modern facilities.
Well-known attractions include Qu Yuan Temple, Jiuwanxi River, Three Gorges Bamboo Sea, etc. Combined with the Three Gorges Tourist Route, it attracts a large number of tourists. Conveniently accessible via the Hurong Expressway, the Yangtze River waterway and Yichang Three Gorges Airport, it is an important node of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.