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Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
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America/New_York |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC-5 |
Daylight Saving Time |
UTC-4 |
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is located in the eastern part of Jilin Province, China, at the border of China, Russia and North Korea, and is the geographical center of Northeast Asia. Founded in 1952, it is the only Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China, with Yanji City as its capital. With an area of 42,700 square kilometers and a population of about 2.14 million, ethnic Koreans account for 36.5% of the total population, retaining a strong Korean cultural and linguistic characteristics.
The city boasts natural landscapes such as the Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve and the Tumen River Delta, as well as humanistic attractions such as Korean folk villages and Buddhist temples. The economy is based on tourism, agriculture, food processing and cross-border trade, and is an important trade window for China to North Korea and Russia. With a comprehensive network of high-speed railways and highways, and a number of domestic and international air routes operated by Yanji Chaoyangchuan International Airport, the transportation convenience is outstanding.
Yanbian has become an important cultural and ecological tourism destination in the Northeast with its unique cross-border flavor, Korean cuisine (e.g. cold noodles, kimchi) and snow and ice tourism programs.
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