Winter sports enthusiasts hit the slopes at the Yanji Mengdumei Ski Resort in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, in Jilin province. The resort is open from the end of November 2021 to the beginning of March 2022. [Photo provided to gojilin.gov.cn]

Yanji city – located in the Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, in Northeast China's Jilin province – is now well on its way to becoming a national characteristic tourist destination.

Plans are for it to further raise its profile in the national tourism industry, in the wake of the city recently being chosen by the State Council – China's Cabinet – as one of the national characteristic tourist destination development cities, according to local media reports.

With its well-known red tourism, folk tourism and ice and snow tourism, Yanji was the only city in Jilin province that made it onto the list of cities.

An event in Yanji marks the Dragon Boat Festival, with Korean ethnic elements. [Photo provided to gojilin.gov.cn]