Manzhouli City is located at the hinderland of Inner Mongolia’s Hulun Buir Grassland. With east to Xing’an Ridge, south to Hulun Lake, west to Mongolia and north to Russia, it is the biggest land port in China. Covering a total area of 730 square kilometers, its climate is temperate semiarid continental climate. With a population of 260,000, there lives more than 20 peoples such as Mongolian, Han, Hui, the Chaoxian nationality, the Ewenki nationality, Oroqen nationality, the Eluosi (Russian) nationality. Characterized with Chinese, Russian and Mongolian styles, it is a port city of Chinese and western culture melting pot and enjoys the famous reputation of “the widow of East Asia”.
Manzhouli was originally named “Huolejinbulage”, which means “the abundant spring water” in Mongolian. It obtain its present name in 1901 due to the construction of Dongqing railway. The national China-Russia trade district, Border Economic and Technical Cooperation District, the national coal energy base Jalainur digging, and autonomous-region-level Donghu (East Lake) Chuanghui Agricultural Region are all under its jurisdiction
