In recent years, the booming development of the growing of Lucid ganoderma — a mushroom commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine — has made many young people choose to stay in their hometowns to start their own business in Panshi, Jilin province.
The first Songhua Lake Fish Culture Festival opened on July 7 in Jilin city – which is located in Northeast China's Jilin province – and will run for nearly two months.
A major production plant for Jilin Chemical Fiber Group Co, with an annual output of 60,000 metric tons of carbon fiber, was officially launched in Jilin city, in Northeast China's Jilin province, on July 5.
Fengman district of Jilin city – located in Northeast China's Jilin province – has been making great strides in promoting its high-quality development.
CNPC Jilin Petrochemical Co achieved a cumulative efficiency increase worth over 300 million yuan ($44.67 million) in the first five months of the current year, according to Jilin Daily.
During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday on June 3-5, Baishan city in Northeast China's Jilin province received 721,000 visitors and generated a tourism income of 689 million yuan ($103 million).
As Xiaoman, or grain buds — the second solar term of summer — fell on Saturday, farmers in Shulan, Jilin province, had nearly completed transplantation of their rice seedlings.
The third Songhua River Fish Culture Festival opened with great fanfare and anticipation on May 19 at Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin city, in Northeast China's Jilin province.