Editing Yanji

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Yanji
| native_name        = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|延吉市}} · {{lang|ko|연길시}}}}
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 |caption2            = Downtown Yanji
 |image3              = Children's Palace, Yanji.jpg
 |caption3            = Children's Palace
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| area_total_km2     = 1748.3
| area_urban_km2     = 40.66
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CUCSY_2017">{{cite book |editor1=Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development |editor-link=Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development |title=China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017 |date=2019 |publisher=China Statistics Press |location=Beijing |page=50 |url=http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02019012421874448287322500.xls |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
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| population_total   = 686136
| population_as_of   = 2020 census
| population_urban   = 548700
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url =http://zfxxgk.yanbian.gov.cn/xzjdkfq_1247/cyqybz_1/xxgkml/202106/t20210607_342023.html |title= 延边朝鲜族自治州第七次全国人口普查公报 |publisher = Government of Yanbian Prefecture |language = zh   |date = 2021-06-07 }}</ref>
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| c = 延吉
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| cnhanja = 延吉
| cnrr = Yeongil
| cnmr = Yŏn'gil
| skhangul = 옌지
| skrr = Yenji
| skmr = Yenji
| northkorea = yes
| order = st
}}

'''Yanji''' ({{Lang-zh|c=延吉}}; [[Korean language in China|Korean]]: {{lang|ko|연길}}; alternately romanized as '''Yenki''' or '''Yenji''') is a [[county-level city]] in the east of China's [[Jilin]] Province, and is the seat of the [[Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture]]. Yanji City is located in the eastern part of Jilin Province. It is the seat of the government of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and the political, economic and cultural center of the entire autonomous prefecture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=延吉 |url=https://m.airchina.com.cn/c/invoke/bdgl/ynj@pgzhcn |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=m.airchina.com.cn}}</ref> Its population is approximately 400,000<!-- Source: http://www.jl.xinhuanet.com/tese/20030624.htm --> of which a significant portion is [[Koreans in China|ethnic Korean]].  Yanji is a busy hub of transport and trade between China and [[North Korea]]. The city is home to [[Yanbian University]], a [[comprehensive university]] and the only [[Project 211]] university in Yanji.<ref name="延大简介-延边大学">{{Cite web |title=延大简介-延边大学 |url=https://www.ybu.edu.cn/xxgl/ydjj.htm |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.ybu.edu.cn}}</ref>

==History==
Yanji and its environs were largely unpopulated until the 1800s when [[Qing dynasty]] rulers of China began to encourage migration there from [[China proper]] as part of its ''[[Chuang Guandong]]'' policy to populate [[Manchuria]] in an effort to stem encroaching [[Russian Empire|Russian]] expansion.<ref name=BBC08 />

The city was the seat of [[Jiandao Province]] in the Japanese puppet state of [[Manchukuo]] from 1934 to 1943.  In 1943, the city itself was renamed '''Jiandao''' (Chientao) and made a part of the Dongman Consolidated Province (东满总省).

Following World War II, the city (again called Yanji) was nominally part of a new [[Songjiang Province]] but with the communist seizure of power in 1949, Sonjiang's borders were changed and Yanji became part of [[Jilin Province]].

Yanji is now part of the [[Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture]], which is situated in eastern Jilin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/travel/53647.htm |title=The Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture |year=2003 |publisher=China.org.cn |access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> Yanji City is centrally located, surrounded by five other [[county-level cities]] and two [[County (People's Republic of China)|rural counties]] (see map); it is the administrative seat of the prefecture.<ref name=ChinaLP07>{{Cite book |title=China |last=Harper |first=Damian |year=2007 |publisher=Lonely Planet |isbn=978-1-74059-915-3 |page=384 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-X7ORxkVvDwC&pg=PA384 |access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref>

==International incidents==
The North Korean military detonated its [[2009 North Korean nuclear test|second nuclear test]] in May 2009 close to the Chinese border, and the blast set off an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 with an epicenter only {{convert|112|mi|abbr=on}} from Yanji.<ref name=Managing >{{Cite book |title=Managing Fragile Regions: Method and Application |last=Guo |first=Rongxing  |author2=Freeman, Carla  |year=2010 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4419-6435-9 |page=39 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JC3sAEuHMwQC&q=Yanji%20%2Bearthquake&pg=PA39 |access-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref> The mutual goodwill of the Chinese and Korean populations in the region was put under severe strain, and many in Yanji expressed newfound feelings of dismay and insecurity regarding their North Korean neighbors.<ref name=Managing />

A South Korean pastor, the Reverend [[Kim Dong-shik]], was kidnapped in Yanji in January 2000, one of numerous well-publicized [[North Korean abductions of South Koreans]]; a suspect of mixed Korean-Chinese descent, said to have been trained in [[Pyongyang]], was arrested and charged with the crime in December 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Seoul charges suspect in North Korea kidnapping case |first=Andrew |last=Salmon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/news/15iht-korea_ed3__0.html?scp=40 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=15 December 2004 |access-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref>

Yanji was the starting point of an international dispute in 2009 when two American journalists, [[Euna Lee]] and [[Laura Ling]], were detained by North Korean border guards when, after leaving Yanji, they overstepped the nearby demarcation line.<ref>{{Cite news |title=North Korea Said to Detain 2 U.S. Journalists |first=Choe |last=Sang-Hun |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E3D6173FF93AA25750C0A96F9C8B63 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 March 2009 |access-date=22 November 2010 }}</ref> The two were freed only after intervention at the highest level by former US [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8184583.stm |title=North Korea Pardons US Reporters |date=4 August 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=22 November 2010 }}</ref>

[[Methamphetamine|Crystal meth]] seeping across the border from North Korea has led to a drug problem.<ref>{{Cite news |title=North Korea's Addicting Export: Crystal Meth |first=Isaac |last=Stone Fish |url=http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/china-meth-north-korea-addicting-export|newspaper=Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting |date=20 June 2011 |access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> According to a [[Brookings Institution|Brookings]] report, "Jilin Province is not only the most important transshipment point for drugs from North Korea into China, but has itself become one of the largest markets in China for amphetamine-type stimulants." Yanji had registered nearly 2100 drug addicts in 2010 compared to just 44 in 1990; local officials admitted that the actual number was possibly five or six times higher.<ref>{{Cite news |title=North Korea's Meth Export |first=Isaac |last=Stone Fish |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/19/north-korea-s-meth-export.html|newspaper=Newsweek|date=19 June 2011 |access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref>

==Geography and climate==
The geographical coordinates are between 42°50' and 43°23' north latitude, and between 129°01' and 129°48' east longitude.<ref>{{Cite web |title=延吉 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 |url=https://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101060301.shtml |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.weather.com.cn}}</ref> Yanji is situated among foothills, with the main [[metropolitan area]] contained in a small, very flat area.<ref name=NYer10 /> It is ringed by mountains dotted with small, remote farming communities.<ref name=Crossing /> It has a four-season, [[monsoon]]-influenced, [[humid continental climate]] (classified in the [[Köppen climate classification|Köppen system]] as ''Dwb''), with long, very cold winters, and short, but very warm, humid summers. Spring and autumn constitute very short transitions with some, but usually not heavy, rainfall. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|−13.2|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|21.7|°C|1}} in August, while the annual mean is {{convert|5.69|°C|1}} and a total precipitation of {{convert|531|mm|in|abbr=on}}, most of it falling during the summer. Sunshine is generous but falling far short of the central and western parts of Jilin; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 39% in July to 62% in February, there are 2,280 hours of bright sunshine annually.

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|location     = Yanji, elevation {{convert|257|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–2010)
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|Jan record high C = 7.8
|Feb record high C = 14.3
|Mar record high C = 26.6
|Apr record high C = 32.8
|May record high C = 33.3
|Jun record high C = 36.7
|Jul record high C = 37.7
|Aug record high C = 37.3
|Sep record high C = 33.1
|Oct record high C = 28.9
|Nov record high C = 19.6
|Dec record high C = 10.0

|Jan high C = 	-6.4
|Feb high C = 	-1.5
|Mar high C = 	5.8
|Apr high C = 	15.0
|May high C = 	21.1
|Jun high C = 	24.5
|Jul high C = 	27.1
|Aug high C = 	27.0
|Sep high C = 	22.5
|Oct high C = 	14.8
|Nov high C = 	3.6
|Dec high C = 	-4.8
|Jan mean C = 	-12.6
|Feb mean C = 	-8.4
|Mar mean C = 	-0.8
|Apr mean C = 	7.7
|May mean C = 	14.0
|Jun mean C = 	18.4
|Jul mean C = 	21.8
|Aug mean C = 	21.6
|Sep mean C = 	15.5
|Oct mean C = 	7.4
|Nov mean C = 	-2.4
|Dec mean C = 	-10.5
|Jan low C = 	-17.6
|Feb low C = 	-14.3
|Mar low C = 	-6.8
|Apr low C = 	1.0
|May low C = 	7.7
|Jun low C = 	13.4
|Jul low C = 	17.6
|Aug low C = 	17.4
|Sep low C = 	10.0
|Oct low C = 	1.4
|Nov low C = 	-7.3
|Dec low C = 	-15.1

|Jan record low C = −31.4
|Feb record low C = −27.9
|Mar record low C = −23.3
|Apr record low C = −10.3
|May record low C = −1.5
|Jun record low C =  5.3
|Jul record low C =  9.5
|Aug record low C =  6.9
|Sep record low C = −1.7
|Oct record low C = −11.6
|Nov record low C = −23.6
|Dec record low C = −29.9
|year record low C=

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|Jan precipitation mm = 	4.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 	6.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 	11.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 	27.2
|May precipitation mm = 	63.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 	81.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 	123.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 	116.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 	60.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 	29.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 	16.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 	5.8
|Jan humidity = 	58
|Feb humidity = 	54
|Mar humidity = 	52
|Apr humidity = 	51
|May humidity = 	62
|Jun humidity = 	73
|Jul humidity = 	78
|Aug humidity = 	79
|Sep humidity = 	75
|Oct humidity = 	64
|Nov humidity = 	61
|Dec humidity = 	59
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|Jan precipitation days = 	2.7
|Feb precipitation days = 	3.7
|Mar precipitation days = 	5.1
|Apr precipitation days = 	7.7
|May precipitation days = 	13.4
|Jun precipitation days = 	14.0
|Jul precipitation days = 	13.6
|Aug precipitation days = 	14.2
|Sep precipitation days = 	9.0
|Oct precipitation days = 	6.7
|Nov precipitation days = 	5.6
|Dec precipitation days = 	3.9
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|Jan sun = 	174.3
|Feb sun = 	186.8
|Mar sun = 	219.3
|Apr sun = 	211.4
|May sun = 	222.1
|Jun sun = 	199.8
|Jul sun = 	186.2
|Aug sun = 	193.1
|Sep sun = 	210.7
|Oct sun = 	203.1
|Nov sun = 	154.8
|Dec sun = 	153.2
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| Jan percentsun = 	60
| Feb percentsun = 	63
| Mar percentsun = 	59
| Apr percentsun = 	53
| May percentsun = 	49
| Jun percentsun = 	44
| Jul percentsun = 	40
| Aug percentsun = 	45
| Sep percentsun = 	57
| Oct percentsun = 	60
| Nov percentsun = 	54
| Dec percentsun = 	55
| year percentsun =	
|Jan snow days = 	5.4
|Feb snow days = 	5.6
|Mar snow days = 	7.1
|Apr snow days = 	2.8
|May snow days = 	0.1
|Jun snow days = 	0
|Jul snow days = 	0
|Aug snow days = 	0
|Sep snow days = 	0
|Oct snow days = 	1.3
|Nov snow days = 	5.8
|Dec snow days = 	6.5
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==Administrative divisions==

Yanji has six [[Subdistrict (China)|subdistricts]] and four [[Town (China)|towns]].<ref>{{cite web
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 |script-title = zh:2022年统计用区划代码：延吉市
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{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="width:50%; border="1"
|-
! Name
! Simplified Chinese
! Hanyu Pinyin
! [[Korean language in China|Korean]]
! [[McCune–Reischauer]]
! [[Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China|Administrative division code]]
|-
| colspan="7"  style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|'''Subdistricts'''
|----------
| [[Jinxue Subdistrict, Yanji|Jinxue Subdistrict]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|进学街道}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Jìnxué jiēdào}}
| {{lang|ko|진학가도}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|chinhak kato}}
| 222401001
|-
| [[Beishan Subdistrict, Yanji|Beishan Subdistrict]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|北山街道}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Běishān jiēdào}}
| {{lang|ko|북산가도}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|puksan kato}}
| 222401002
|-
| [[Xinxing Subdistrict, Yanji|Xinxing Subdistrict]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|新兴街道}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Xīnxīng jiēdào}}
| {{lang|ko|신흥가도}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|sinhŭng kato}}
| 222401003
|-
| [[Gongyuan Subdistrict, Yanji|Gongyuan Subdistrict]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|公园街道}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Gōngyuán jiēdào}}
| {{lang|ko|공원가도}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|kongwŏn kato}}
| 222401004
|-
| [[Henan Subdistrict, Yanji|Henan Subdistrict]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|河南街道}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Hénán jiēdào}}
| {{lang|ko|하남가도}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|hanam kato}}
| 222401005
|-
| [[Jiangong Subdistrict]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|建工街道}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Jiàngōng jiēdào}}
| {{lang|ko|건공가도}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|kŏnkong kato}}
| 222401006
|-
| colspan="7"  style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|'''Towns'''
|----------
| [[Xiaoying|Xiaoying Town]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|小营镇}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Xiǎoyíng zhèn}}
| {{lang|ko|소영진}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|soyŏng chin}}
| 222401100
|-
| [[Yilan, Yanji|Yilan Town]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|依兰镇}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Yīlán zhèn}}
| {{lang|ko|의란진}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|wiran chin}}
| 222401101
|-
| [[Sandaowan|Sandaowan Town]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|三道湾镇}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Sāndàowān zhèn}}
| {{lang|ko|삼도만진}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|samtoman chin}}
| 222401102
|-
| [[Chaoyangchuan|Chaoyangchuan Town]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|朝阳川镇}}
| {{Transliteration|zh|Cháoyángchuān zhèn}}
| {{lang|ko|조양천진}}
| {{Transliteration|ko|choyangch'ŏn chin}}
| 222401105
|-
|}

==Demographics==
The [[Korean diaspora]] in China has significant populations in at least eleven major Chinese cities,<ref name=Diaspora >{{Cite book |title=The Korean Diaspora in the World Economy |last=Bergsten |first=C. Fred |year=2003 |publisher=Peterson Institute |location=US |isbn=0-88132-358-6 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3twZUkqE5NkC&q=Yanji+history&pg=PA106 |access-date=22 November 2010 }}</ref> but none larger than Yanji:<ref name=Crossing >{{Cite book |title=Crossing National Borders: Human migration issues in Northeast Asia |last=Akaha |first=Tsuneo |author2=Vassilieva, Anna  |year=2005 |publisher=United Nations University Press |isbn=92-808-1117-7 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrroO9pxJxcC&pg=PA189|access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> official Chinese census reports from 1990 placed the city's ethnic Korean population at over 170,000.<ref name=Diaspora /> In 1994, the estimated total population of Yanji was 343,600.<ref>{{cite book|year=1998|chapter=Yanji|editor=[[Saul B. Cohen]]|title=The Columbia Gazetteer of the World|url=https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/|volume=3|location=New York|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|isbn=0-231-11040-5|lccn=98-071262|oclc=164337564|page=3515|url-access=registration}}</ref> Official census reports from 2000 have not yet been released publicly,<ref name=Diaspora /> but current estimates place it between about one third of the city's total population<ref name=NYer10>{{Cite magazine |last1=Demick |first1=Barbara |title=Nothing Left: Is North Korea finally facing collapse? |magazine=The New Yorker |date=5 July 2010 |issue=12 & 19 July 2010 |pages=44–49 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/07/12/100712fa_fact_demick |access-date=22 November 2010 }}</ref><ref name=Asia07 >{{Cite web |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IH16Ad01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827110946/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IH16Ad01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=27 August 2007 |title=The Gentle Decline of the 'Third Korea' |author=Lankov, Andrei |date=16 August 2007 |work=Asia Times |access-date=22 November 2010 }}</ref> to more than one half.<ref name=BBC08 >{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7373271.stm |title=China torch relay: Yanji |date=21 July 2008 |work=BBC News |access-date=22 November 2010 }}</ref><ref name=GWall>{{Cite book |title=Great Wall of China: Beijing & Northern China |last=Evans |first=Thammy |year=2006 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=1-84162-158-7 |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5w9M8n9_a8C&q=Yanji&pg=PA118 |access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> Both Chinese and [[Korean language|Korean]] are considered "official languages" of the city:<ref name=NYer10 /> all official signs are in bilingual text.<ref name=GWall /><ref name=Invis >{{Cite book |title=Invisible China: A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands |last=Legerton |first=Colin |author2=Rawson, Jacob  |year=2009 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=978-1-55652-814-9 |page=44 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfOyL9jd0MUC&pg=PA48|access-date=22 November 2010 }}</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:延吉百货大楼.jpg|thumb|Yanji Department Store]]
With its current population estimated at four hundred thousand,<ref name=NYer10 /> Yanji is small by Chinese standards (by [[List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population|comparison]], the population of Shanghai is almost twenty million).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/6897139.html |title=Shanghai's permanent population approaches 20 mln |date=20 February 2010 |work=People's Daily |access-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref> Yanji is also relatively young: the city was developed only in the nineteenth century<ref name=BBC08 /> and became the regional capital after the [[Second World War]].<ref name=Asia0310 >{{Cite web |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EJ04Dg01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031008005859/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EJ04Dg01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=8 October 2003 |title=A slice of Korea in China |author=Fung, Alan |date=4 October 2003 |work=Asia Times |access-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref> Recent growth in tourism and overseas investment has helped to make Yanji a notably prosperous city.<ref name=GWall /> It abounds with modern architecture of steel and glass,<ref name=GWall /> and its broad avenues<ref name=GWall /><ref name=Invis /> are conspicuously clean and well-maintained.<ref name=Invis /> In modern times, Yanji has become a city of transport and trade.<ref name=NYT061015 >{{Cite news |title=Rice to Press China to Enforce North Korean Sanctions |first=Weisman |last=Steven R. |author2=Onishi, Norimitsu |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/washington/16koreacnd.html |newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 October 2006 |access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> China is the largest trading partner of North Korea, accounting for almost 40% of that country's international commerce, and Yanji is the center of much of the cross-border enterprise.<ref name=NYT061015 />

Beyond North Korea, other countries have begun to partner with Yanji business groups: currently there are over five hundred joint ventures with international partners ongoing in Yanji.<ref name=GWall /> Much of the recent investment has been made by [[South Korea]]<ref name=SociCap >{{Cite book |title=Social Capital as a Policy Resource |last=Montgomery |first=John D. |author2=Inkeles, Alex  |year=2001 |publisher=Springer |isbn=0-7923-7273-5 |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KkxbZSPGf4wC&q=Yanji&pg=PA54|access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref><ref name=Global06 >{{Cite book |title=Globalization and the Chinese City  |last=Wu |first=Fulong |year=2006 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=0-415-35199-5 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SHUfonegw_4C&q=Yanji&pg=PA35|access-date=22 November 2010 }}</ref> and [[Republic of China|Taiwan]], which has helped substantially in building the city's tourism industry.<ref name=GWall />

Yanji also burnishes its reputation as a center of tourism by hosting the annual North China Travel Fair. Held every year since 1996, the fair is one of the largest of its kind in the country, showcasing over a thousand exhibitions representing cultural and economic partners from across China and overseas.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2008-07/22/content_6865962.htm |title=Yanji fair promotes northern tourism |date=22 July 2008 |work=China Daily|access-date=23 November 2010 }}</ref> Yanji also hosts the Tumen River Area International Investment & Business Forum, a three-day exposition held annually since 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/30/content_344260.htm |title=Tumen River Area International Investment & Business Forum |year=2004 |work=China Daily|access-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref>

==Transport and infrastructure==
[[File:延吉BRT州政府站.jpg|thumb|Yanji BRT station]]
Daily train service to most major urban centers of the province is available from Yanji, including a 24-hour trip to Beijing.<ref name=ChinaLP07 /> A much shorter trip to the Chinese capital can be arranged at [[Yanji Chaoyangchuan International Airport]] which serves the area with scheduled passenger flights domestically and to Korea.<ref name=ChinaLP07 /> International air service is provided by the [[Changchun Longjia International Airport|Changchun Longjia Airport]], and surface travel to [[Changchun]] itself has been made more accessible since the large [[Changchun-Yanji Expressway]] was opened to the public in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2009-10/22/content_11006621.htm |title=Seven million vote in bid to find 'Top Eight' tourism sites |author=Liu Mingtai |date=22 October 2009 |work=China Daily|access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref>

A new {{convert|125|mi|adj=on}} water and sewage pipeline was completed in 2006, linking Yanji and the neighboring cities of [[Jilin City|Jilin]] and [[Songyuan]] to modern [[sewage treatment]] plants along the [[Songhua River]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2006-10/12/content_706252.htm |title=Safe water to drink is a major concern for Jilin |date=12 October 2006 |work=China Daily|access-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref>

[[:zh:延吉站|Yanji Station]], located in Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, China, is a second-class station under the jurisdiction of China Railway Shenyang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. It was built in 1924.<ref>{{Cite web |title=吉林延边自治州的主要火车站——延吉站_沈吉线 |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/357875160_120153926 |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.sohu.com}}</ref>
As of 2012, Yanji offers the most convenient road access to the [[Rason Special Economic Zone]] in North Korea.<ref name=TDN82012>{{cite news|title=China-North Korea: the next Promised Land for tourism?|url=http://www.traveldailynews.asia/news/article/50207/china-dreams-of-tourism-with|access-date=21 August 2012|newspaper=Travel Daily News|date=20 August 2012|author=Luc Citrinot}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Yanbian University 2.jpg|thumb|[[Yanbian University]] ]]
[[Yanbian University]] is a [[comprehensive university]] in Yanji, founded in 1949; it offers eleven programs of study, including four doctoral programs.<ref name=YBUedu >{{Cite web |url=http://www.ybu.edu.cn/index.php?id=247 |title=Yanbian University: A Brief Introduction |publisher=Yanbian University |access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> The university maintains a full-time teaching staff of over 1,400, serving an active student body of over sixteen thousand.<ref name=YBUedu /> One of Yanbian University's graduates, a Korean language [[Academic major|major]], is [[Zhang Dejiang]], formerly a deputy secretary of the Municipal Committee of Yanji (1983–1985), and now a [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China|Vice-Premier]] of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in Beijing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008npc/2008-03/17/content_6543111.htm |title=Zhang Dejiang, Chinese vice-premier |agency=Xinhua News Agency |year=2008 |work=China Daily|access-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-10/23/content_6223286.htm |title=Politburo: Zhang Dejiang |year=2007 |work=China Daily|access-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref> It is a national "double first-class" construction university, a national "211 Project" key construction university, a key construction university for western development, a key construction university jointly supported by the Jilin Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education, and a jointly supported construction university by the Jilin Provincial People's Government and the National Ethnic Affairs Commission.<ref name="延大简介-延边大学"/>

Yanji is also home to the [[Yanbian University of Science and Technology]], a technical research college founded in 1990,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yust.edu/en/ |title=Yanbian University of Science & Technology |year=2005 |publisher=YUST |access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> and the [[Yanbian Medical College]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=World List of Universities |last=International Association of Universities |year=2009 |edition=18 |publisher=University of Michigan (MacMillan) |isbn=978-0-333-47488-4 |page=96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6jkAAAAMAAJ&q=Yanji |access-date=22 November 2010 }}</ref>

[[Yanbian International Academy]], the area school for foreigners, is located in Yanji.<ref>"[http://www.yiachina.org/index.php/where-are-we Where Are We?]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151002004702/http://www.yiachina.org/index.php/where-are-we Archive]). [[Yanbian International Academy]]. Retrieved 1 October 2015. "Yanbian International Academy 2728B Chaoyang Street, Yanji City, Jilin Province China 133000[...]吉林省延吉市朝阳街2728B 外国人学校 中国 133000" – Google Maps has it listed as "Yanbian Waiguoren School"</ref> There is also a school for Koreans, [[Korean International School in Yanbian]].

==Sport==
[[File:延吉体育场.jpg|thumb|Yanji stadium entrance]]
Yanji hosts sporting events at the 50,000-seat [[Yanji People's Stadium|People's Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/china.shtml |title=Stadiums in China |year=2007 |publisher=World Stadiums.com |access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> The city was the eighteenth stop<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/ |title=Torch Relay: Planned Route |publisher=Beijing2008.cn |access-date=25 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223102525/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/ |archive-date=23 December 2010}}</ref> for the [[2008 Summer Olympics torch relay|Olympic torch relay]] at the opening of the [[2008 Summer Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/video/city/yanji-en/index.shtml |title=Olympic torch relay in Yanji concludes |year=2008 |publisher=Beijing2008.cn |access-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref>

Officials from the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] visited the athletics stadium at Yanbian University in July 2010 to witness a new world record being set: over one thousand students simultaneously juggled soccer balls with their feet for more than ten seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2010-07/11/content_10091585.htm |title=World record ball-juggling made in China |date=11 July 2010 |work=China Daily|access-date=23 November 2010}}</ref>

==Culture==
Two all-Korean television channels are produced locally, and others can be freely received from both North and South Korea.<ref name=Asia0310 /> [[Korean cuisine]] is highly popular and available everywhere.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Frommer's China |last=Foster |first=Simon |author2=Lin-Liu, Jen  |year=2010 |publisher=Frommer's |isbn=978-0-470-52658-3 |page=207 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DqjMGlyY5QC&pg=PA207|access-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref> An annual Korean [[folk festival]] takes place each September in Yanji, featuring traditional Korean music, dance, painting, and sports.<ref name=GWall />

[[Karaoke]] is popular in Yanji,<ref name=Global06 />{{rp|35}} and the city even has a burgeoning underground [[beatboxing]] scene, which has been documented by filmmaker Liu Feng in ''Yan Bian Box'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-05/26/content_880804.htm |title=Party in his mouth |date=26 May 2007 |work=China Daily|access-date=23 November 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.invasianmagazine.com/music/yanbian-box.html |title=Yanbian Box |publisher=InvAsian |access-date=23 November 2010 }}</ref>

== Travel ==
[[File:Yanji Dinosaur Museum.jpg|thumb|Yanji Dinosaur Museum]]

Yanji was named "China's Excellent Tourist City" by the National Tourism Administration. It has beautiful natural scenery, rich Korean culture, the majestic Changbai Mountain to the south, and the summer resort Jingbo Lake to the north. Attractions in Yanji include: Maoershan National Forest Park, Chengzishan Mountain City Ruins, Mengdumei Folk Tourism Resort, Chunxing Village, an ancient Korean village, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=【延吉旅遊推介】2024年必去當地景點、美食打卡，熱門酒店餐廳景點旅遊攻略{{!}}永安旅遊 |url=https://www.wingontravel.com/discovery/city-yanji-523 |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.wingontravel.com}}</ref>

Places such as China Korean Folk Garden, Yanbian University Internet Celebrity Wall, and Floating Market have become popular travel destinations. Tourists’ experience activities in Yanji have also expanded from simply viewing the scenery, tasting food, and appreciating folk customs to visiting the local morning market and wearing traditional costumes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=延吉旅游消费市场持续火爆_延边广播电视台官网（汉文） 延边信息港（汉文） |url=https://www.yb983.com/p/283916.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.yb983.com}}</ref>

==References==
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