Jilin City is the only city with the same name in China. An important transportation hub, central city and new industrial base in Northeast China and Jilin Province. The former capital of Jilin Province, a larger city approved by the State Council, has the reputation of the rime capital, a tourist city with northern characteristics in China, a national historical and cultural city and a famous calligraphy city in China. Forbes ranked the best commercial city in Chinese mainland. The first batch of national comprehensive pilot areas for new urbanization.
Jilin Province is named after Jilin City, and it is called "Jilin Wula" in Manchu, which means "the city along the river". Because the Song of Songhua River, written by Emperor Kangxi when he visited Jilin City in the east, contained the sentence "Take the boat and lean on the river", so Jilin City is also called "Jiangcheng" and "Jiangcheng in the north". Jilin is one of the birthplaces of Manchu and the second hometown of Peking Opera. There are 35 ethnic groups in China, including Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui and Korean. It used to be the capital of Jilin Province.