Overview
Harbin,capital of Heilongjaing Province, the largest metroplis in
the northern part of Northeast of P. R. China, a city full of
exotic atmosphere, a city of glittering and translucence, a city
in which many World Top 500 enterprises invest, is welcoming your
coming like a flying swan.
The cultural mix of Chinese and Western culture, long history and
wonderful civilization endow Harbin with splendid past.By the
1920s and 1930s, Harbin had 16 foreign consulates and 200,000
nationals from 28 countries. Foreigners made up near a third of
Harbin’s population. Numerous domestic and foreign enterprises
set up in Harbin.
Predominate geographical position, special human landscapes and
enriched industrial resources create great development potential
for Harbin.The population: 9.7023 million, including6.055 million
urban residents.
Harbin，situated in the center of the Northeast Asian Economic
Region, is the largest metropolis within the opening up belt
along the Chinese borders and an important connecting point of
the first Euro-Asian continental bridge as well. “Fair for Trade
and Economic Cooperation in Harbin, China”, which has been
successfully held for 17 years ever since 1990, has become an
important bridge and window for Harbin to develop foreign trade
and economic & technological cooperation with other countries
all over the world, especially with Russia, CISs and East
European countries and is developing into an International
Exhibition Conference.
With vast territory, rich soil, ample summer rains and fresh air,
Harbin is the important base for production of commodity grain in
China and an ideal location for setting up food processing
operations and agricultural businesses. The rich soil, called
“black earth” is one of the most nutrient rich in China, the best
for cultivating food and textile-related crops. The outputs of
soybean, potato, flax and sugar beet in Harbin rank the first in
China. A large number of local native products are well known
both at home and abroad, such as pelt of marten, hog bristles,
horse tail, black fungus, hedgehog hydnum, black currant,
fiddlehead, royal jelly and linden honey, etc. The quality of
such precious medicinal materials as saposhnikovia divaricata,
licorice, wilsonii, ginseng, astragalus membranaceus, etc. leads
the country. The precious tree species, such as Korean pine,
Kakihatea, northeast China ash, golden cypress etc, grow in the
north and the east of Harbin. All these products provide
sufficient materials for processing industry. Harbin is a city
with pleasant weather and four distinct seasons. Tourists, who
are enchanted by Harbin’s Chinese and Foreign combined style and
features, straightforward and unconstrained amorous feelings of
northern nationalities and fascinating landscapes.The annual
Harbin Summer Music Festival, Ice Lanterns Show and Ice and Snow
World show Harbin’s profound cultural connotation. Harbin is
endowed with secret sense by famous reputation of “Paris of the
East” and “Moscow of the East”. Harbin is quite well known at
home and abroad for its ice and snow tour and activities. Such
scenic spots have formed a tourist destination with special
characteristic of North.China as the Confucius Temple, Jile
Temple (Sakhavati), Sophia Church, Central Street with Russian
Style, many cultural & historic relics, together with the
following scenic areas for sightseeing, such as Yuquan Hunting
Fields, the Manchurian Tiger Garden, Yabuli Tourist & Skiing
Resort, and the Virgin Forest and Jingpo Lake, Wudalianchi,
Zhalong Natural Protective Region near Harbin as well.
Rich cultural life, human resources with high quality, perfect
infra-structural facilities and solid industrial foundation charm
Harbin with a modern city. Harbin owns a great number of first
class colleges and universities in China, such as the famous
Harbin Institute of Technology and Harbin Engineering University
and other scientific research institutions, possessing high
technology industries which consist of electronic information,
electromechanical integration, new materials, high effective and
energy save, and biological engineering. Harbin Institute of
Technology contributes a lot to successful launch of Chinese
spaceship Shen Zhou V. By the end of 2004. 958 great scientific
& technological achievements were attained in 2004, of which,
205 had reached advanced world level. Such labors with high
quality provide sufficient human resources for developing
modernized enterprises.
Harbin's Leading Industries
Harbin is one of six comprehensive industrial bases
established by the Chinese Government in the early 1950’s. As
such, its heavy industrial manufacturing capacity includes
machine building, power generators, minivans, light aircraft,
light alloy materials, petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. In
recent years, the city has increased its production of biotech,
advanced materials, and information technology. The workforce of
Harbin is widely regarded as being among the most academally,
scientific and technologically competent in China. This makes it
an excellent venue to leverage low-cost science and engeneering
talent for R&D.
Trade Leads
• Heilongjiang Jiusan (Edible) Oil and Fat Co. ltd. seeks soybean processing equipment.
• Harbin Tech.Full Industry Co. seeks equipment and raw materials to produce electric motors.
For more trade leads, visit our trade leads database.
Trade Shows / Exhibtions
Review trade shows supported by the Commercial Service in China
Events / Projects
The investment projects of Harbin in 2008, please visit English or Chinses.
Contact Information
U.S. Commercial Service - Shenyang
52 Shi Si Wei Road, Heping District
Shenyang, Liaoning 110003, China
Tel: (86-24) 2322-1198
Fax: (86-24) 2322-2206
Email: Shenyang.Office.Box@mail.doc.gov