Mudanjiang

Mudanjiang is a prefecture-level town within the southeast a part of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It turned into known as Botankou underneath Japanese profession. It serves as a regional shipping hub with a railway junction and an worldwide airport connecting with several foremost Chinese towns as well as Seoul of South Korea. Mudanjiang is located 248 km from Vladivostok, Russia. In 2011 Mudanjiang had a GDP of RMB 93.48 billion with a 15.1% growth rate. In 2015 Mudanjiang had a GDP of RMB 118.63 billion.

Its populace is 2,798,723 at the 2010 census whom 965,154 live within the built-up region fabricated from four city districts. In 2007, the town is known as China's pinnacle ten livable cities with the aid of Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which become launched at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum. Mudanjiang become at the beginning populated by means of the Sushen 2,300 years in the past. They lived inside the valley of the Mudan River, and set up the Mo State.

During the Tang dynasty, Balhae hooked up their capital Shangjing Longquanfu near Lake Jingpo south of Mudanjiang round 755 AD. On January 14, 926, Shangjing fell at the same time as Balhae become defeated by using the Khitans. Mudanjiang is called after the Mudan River flowing thru it. Imperial Russia constructed a educate station for the Chinese Eastern Railway in Mudanjiang in 1903, and then local development started out boosting. Both Chinese and Russian settlers installed themselves here.