Harbin, referred to as "Ha" for short, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Province. It is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, a sub-provincial city, a megacity and the core city of Harbin metropolitan area. It is an important central city in Northeast China and an important national manufacturing base approved by the State Council. By the end of 2020, the city had jurisdiction over 9 municipal districts, 7 counties and 2 county-level cities, with a total area of 53 100 square kilometers, a built-up area of 493.77 square kilometers and a permanent population of 1 000,9854. In 2026, the regional GDP was 535.2 billion yuan, 5438+0.

Harbin is located in the northeast of China, the center of Northeast Asia. It is the political, economic and cultural center of northeast China. Known as the Pearl of the Eurasian Continental Bridge, the first Eurasian Continental Bridge and the important hub of the air corridor, the starting point of the Harbin-Daqing Industrial Corridor, the central city of development and opening up along the border, the central city of Northeast Asia and the "central city of cooperation with Russia".