After the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Changchun was established as the provincial capital of Jilin in 1954. 'new capital') or Hsinking by the Kwantung Army as it became the capital of the Imperial Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, occupying modern Northeast China. Between 19, Changchun was renamed Xinjing ( Chinese: 新京 pinyin: Xīnjīng lit. The name of the city means 'long spring' in Chinese. It is one of the biggest cities in Northeast China, along with Shenyang, Dalian and Harbin. The city's metro area, comprising 5 districts and 1 development area, had a population of 5,019,477 in 2020, as the Shuangyang and Jiutai districts are not urbanized yet.
According to the 2020 census of China, Changchun had a total population of 9,066,906 under its jurisdiction. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a sub-provincial city, comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 county-level cities.
'Changchun' in Simplified Chinese charactersĬhangchun ( UK: / tʃ æ ŋ ˈ tʃ ʊ n/, US: / tʃ ɑː ŋ-/ Chinese: 长春) is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province in China.
