Jilin City, also known as the "Northern River City", is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jilin Province, an important industrial city in China as determined by the State Council, an important central city and a new industrial base in Jilin Province, and a tourist city with characteristics of northern China. As of 2022, Jilin City has 4 districts and 1 county under its jurisdiction, and 4 county-level cities under its administration, with a total area of 27,120 square kilometers and a built-up area of 189.04 square kilometers. As of the end of 2023, Jilin City has a total household population of 4.116 million. Jilin City is located in northeastern China, central Jilin Province, is the only one in the country with the same name of the province and the city of the city, the northeast and Jilin Province, an important transportation hub, the State Council approved the establishment of a larger city, there is a freezing fog capital, the characteristics of northern China's tourism city, China Calligraphy City and other reputations, was listed in the Forbes list of the best business cities in mainland China, the first batch of new national urbanization comprehensive pilot areas. Jilin City is a national historical and cultural city, Jilin Province is named for Jilin City, Jilin City is famous for the freezing fog. Jilin City is the original capital of Jilin Province, because of the Ming and Qing dynasties along the river built Jilin shipyard city, so Jilin City is also known as "shipyard", "river city", Jilin City is also the second hometown of Peking Opera. Jilin City has hosted large-scale events at home and abroad, such as the 24th China Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival, the Jilin International Marathon and the World Snow Day in China; and the 22nd consecutive Jilin International Freezing Fog and Ice Festival. In 2022, the gross regional product of Jilin City will be 151.79 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.9% from the previous year.