(Voice of the Two Sessions) National People’s Congress Representative Hu Bin: Seize the opportunity for revitalization to build Jilin into a unique and famous cultural and tourism city

　　China News Service, Jilin, March 1st: Title: National People’s Congress Representative Hu Bin: Seize the revitalization opportunity to build Jilin into a unique and famous cultural and tourism city

　　China News Service reporter Cang Yan Shi Hongyu Guo Jia

　　"The mountains and rivers here are radiant, the humanities are at their peak, and the geographical location is advantageous. It has a beautiful river, two wonders, three lakes and four sacred mountains." Hu Bin, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Jilin Municipal Party Committee, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Service recently. Describe Jilin City.

Hu Bin, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Jilin Municipal Party Committee, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Network.

Photo by Liu Dong

　　Jilin City in Jilin Province is the only city in China with the same name as a province or city.

Jilin City is located in the Changbai Mountains at 43° north latitude. It is in the "World's Golden Powder Snow Belt" with the European Alps and the North American Rockies. It has excellent snow resource density and thickness, excellent temperature and airflow, first-class slope gradient, and good transportation services. Comprehensive core advantages, it is world-famous as the "Snow City Ski Paradise".

　　At present, the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China is facing major opportunities.

Hu Bin took stock of Jilin City's report card to reporters: In 2023, it will promote regional GDP growth of 6.7%. For the first time in the 30 years since the accounting of GDP indicators began in 1993, it will rank first in the province and at the forefront of the Northeast. Urban innovation capabilities, credit index, The livability index ranks first among prefecture-level cities in Northeast China.

　　Riding on the Northeast tourism boom, Jilin City’s ice and snow tourism market has also been fully activated.

During the Spring Festival, the city's reception of tourists and tourism revenue reached new highs. Beishan Scenic Area became popular and received more than 10 times the number of tourists during the same period in history.

This snow season, Beida Lake and Vanke Songhua Lake ski resorts are expected to receive more than 1 million tourists each, an increase of more than 50%.

The remaining small and medium-sized ski resorts in Jilin City have seen significant growth in tourists.

Beidahu Ski Resort in Jilin City is particularly popular this snow season.

Photo by Han Tao

　　"Jilin City is seizing the tourism boom in the Northeast and striving to build a unique romantic city, a city of ice and snow, a city of cultural museums, and a city of joy." Hu Bin used a poem to introduce the theme of the city - the sky is white and the earth is flawless. , Yanhao is the only romantic city.

　　Hu Bin introduced that Jilin City has created the top ten cultural tourism IPs of "Night of Starry River and Mountains, Snowbirds Eat and Wenquan", and held large-scale fireworks shows to welcome the New Year, Lantern Festival River Lantern Fireworks, Swimming in Songhua River Winter Swimming, International Winter Dragon Boat Invitational Competition, etc. Hundreds of events, lighting up thousands of internet celebrity check-in spots, and selling thousands of specialty products.

All of the above are typical examples of Jilin City’s cultural tourism “going out of the circle”.

Jilin City held the 2024 "Dragon Festival Furuijiang City" Lantern Festival river lantern fireworks event, with a large number of citizens and tourists setting off river lanterns.

Photo by Wang Dong

　　In fact, Jilin City is a highly recognizable city that has served as the province's political, economic, cultural and military center for 278 years.

Historical marks such as the Dong Tuan Mountain ruins, the former capital of Fuyu, the Ming Dynasty shipyard, and Dashewula can all be found in the city.

　　"There are also cultural symbols such as the second hometown of Peking Opera, Chinese calligraphy city, song and dance art, and red heritage such as the Panshi Anti-Japanese Secret Camp and the old site of the LXin negotiations." Hu Bin said: "Big mountains, big water, big transportation, great industry, great agriculture, great business travel ".

　　As the snow season comes to an end, Jilin City has begun a new layout.

"We will adhere to the two-wheel drive of 'ice and snow' and 'summer escape', implement the integration of business and tourism, and integrate culture and tourism, and accelerate the implementation of the development strategies of landscape nostalgia, cultural revitalization, industrial remembrance, delicious food, continuous red, rural leisure, and scenic spots around the corner. ." Hu Bin said that in 2024, Jilin City will run through the theme of "Dadong Landscape Welcomes the World" and launch more attractive festivals and events.

Five-star rime appears frequently in Jilin City, the "city of rime".

Photo by Liu Dong

　　On the last day of February, another five-star rime landscape appeared in Jilin City, the "Rime Capital".

On the banks of the Songhua River, the rime is lush and crystal clear.

Hu Bin said that under the favorable environment of the recovery of the tourism market in Northeast China, Jilin City will seize the opportunity. "There will be activities every month and exciting seasons to make the golden sign of China's famous tourist and cultural city louder, more recognizable, and more Influential." (End)