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{{short description|Province of China}}
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{{For|the river known in Mandarin as Heilong Jiang|Amur}}
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| name                            = Heilongjiang
| native_name                     = {{lang|zh-Hans|黑龙江}}
| settlement_type                 = [[Province of China|Province]]
| official_name                   = Province of Heilongjiang
| translit_lang1                  = Chinese
| translit_lang1_type             = {{nobold|[[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified Chinese]]}}
| translit_lang1_info             = {{lang|zh-Hans|黑龙江省}}
| translit_lang1_type1            = {{nobold|[[Hanyu pinyin]]}}
| translit_lang1_info1            = {{transliteration|zh|Hēilóngjiāng Shěng}}
| translit_lang1_type2            = {{nobold|Abbreviation}}
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| image1 = Views of Blagoveshchensk (November 2023) - 1.jpg
|caption1= View of [[Heihe]] from [[Heilongjiang River|Heilongjiang]]
| image2 = Sifengshan Reservoir and temple of Dragon King, Oct 2020.jpg
|caption2=[[Jiamusi]]
| image3 = Hornito_in_Wudalianchi_1,_Aug_2019.jpg
|caption3=[[Wudalianchi volcanic field]]
| image4 = Jingpo_Lake,_rowing_boat.jpg
|caption4=[[Jingpo Lake]]
| image5 = East facade of St. Sophia Cathedral, Harbin (20230721093312).jpg
|caption5=[[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Harbin]]
| image6 = Pumpjack at Sahuan Donglu 20240427095807.jpg
|caption6=[[Daqing Oil Field]]
| image7 = Xuexiang 4.jpg
|caption7=[[Xuexiang National Forest Park|Xuexiang]]
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| map_alt                         = Map showing the location of Heilongjiang Province
| map_caption                     = Map showing the location of Heilongjiang Province
| coordinates                     = {{coord|48|N|129|E|type:adm1st|format=dms|display=it}}
| named_for                       = {{linktext|lang=zh|黑}} {{Transliteration|zh|hēi}}—black <br/>{{linktext|lang=zh-Hans|龙}} {{Transliteration|zh|lóng}}—dragon <br/>{{linktext|lang=zh|江}} {{Transliteration|zh|jiāng}}—river<br/>[[Amur]] river
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = [[China]]
| seat_type                       = Capital<br />{{nobold|(and largest city)}}
| seat                            = [[Harbin]]
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| parts_type                      = Divisions
| parts_style                     = para
| p1                              = 13 [[Prefectures of China|prefectures]]
| p2                              = 130 [[Counties of China|counties]]
| p3                              = 1274 [[Townships of China|townships]]
|government_type = [[Provinces of China|Province]]
|governing_body = [[Heilongjiang Provincial People's Congress]]
| leader_title                    = [[Party Secretary of Heilongjiang|Party Secretary]]
| leader_name                     = [[Xu Qin]]
|leader_title1                    = Congress chairman
|leader_name1                     = Xu Qin
| leader_title2                   = [[Governor of Heilongjiang|Governor]]
| leader_name2                    = [[Liang Huiling]]
|leader_title3                    = [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|CPPCC]] chairman
|leader_name3                    = [[Lan Shaomin]]
| leader_title4      = [[National People's Congress]] Representation
| leader_name4       = 84 deputies
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name=mofcom>{{cite web|title=Doing Business in China – Survey |url=http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zt_business/lanmub/ |publisher=Ministry Of Commerce – People's Republic Of China |access-date=5 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130805091244/http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zt_business/lanmub/ |archive-date=5 August 2013 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 454800
| area_rank                       = [[List of Chinese administrative divisions by area|6th]]
| elevation_max_m                 = 1690
| elevation_max_point             = [[Datudingzi Mountain|Mt. Datudingzi]]
| population_footnotes            = <ref>{{Cite web|date=11 May 2021|title=Communiqué of the Seventh National Population Census (No. 3)|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202105/t20210510_1817188.html|access-date=11 May 2021|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]}}</ref>
| population_total                = 31,850,088
| population_as_of                = 2020
| population_rank                 = [[List of Chinese administrative divisions by population|20th]]
| population_density_km2          = auto
| population_density_rank         = [[List of Chinese administrative divisions by population density|28th]]
| demographics_type1              = Demographics
| demographics1_footnotes         = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| demographics1_title1            = Ethnic composition
| demographics1_info1             = [[Han Chinese|Han]]: 95%<br />[[Manchu]]: 3%<br />[[Koreans in China|Korean]]: 1%<br />[[Mongol]]: 0.4%<br />[[Hui people|Hui]]: 0.3%
| demographics1_title2            = Languages and dialects
| demographics1_info2             = [[Northeastern Mandarin]], [[Jilu Mandarin]], [[Jiaoliao Mandarin]], [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]], [[Manchu language|Manchu]], [[Russian language|Russian]]

| demographics_type2   = [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] {{normal|(2024)}}<ref name="GDPdata">{{cite web|url=https://data.stats.gov.cn/english/easyquery.htm?cn=E0103|title=National Data|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China|China NBS]]|date=March 2024|access-date=June 22, 2024}} see also {{cite web|url=http://tjj.hlj.gov.cn/tjj/c106779/202406/c00_31742252.shtml|title=zh: 2023年黑龙江省国民经济和社会发展统计公报|publisher=heilongjiang.gov.cn|date=June 11, 2024|access-date=June 22, 2024}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The average exchange rate of 2023 was CNY 7.1217 to 1 USD dollar {{cite press release| url=https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202402/t20240228_1947918.html| title=Statistical communiqué of the People's Republic of China on the 2023 national economic and social development| publisher=China NBS| date=February 29, 2024| access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = [[CN¥]] 1,647,690 billion ([[List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP|25th]])
<br />[[US$]] 231.3 billion 
| demographics2_title2 = Per capita
| demographics2_info2 = CN¥ 54,102 ([[List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP per capita|30th]])
<br />US$ 7,597,

| iso_code                        = CN-HL
| blank4_name_sec2   = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2022)
| blank4_info_sec2   = 0.769<ref name="SHDI">{{cite web |title=Human Development Indices (8.0)- China |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/CHN/?levels=1+4&years=2022&interpolation=0&extrapolation=0 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=Global Data Lab}}</ref> ([[List of Chinese administrative divisions by HDI|18th]]) – {{color|#090|high}}
| website                         = {{Official URL}} {{in lang|zh}}
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| pic = Heilongjiang (Chinese characters).svg
| picupright = 0.55
| piccap = "Heilongjiang" in simplified (top) and traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
| showflag = st
| s = 黑龙江
| t = 黑龍江
| p = Hēilóngjiāng
| gr = Heilongjiang
| bpmf = ㄏㄟ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ㄌㄨㄥˊ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ㄐㄧㄤ
| psp = Heilungkiang
| l = "[[Black Dragon River]]"
| mi = {{IPAc-cmn|h|ei|1|.|l|ong|2|.|j|iang|1}}
| w = {{tone superscript|Hei1-lung2-chiang1}}
| wuu = Ha<sup>平</sup> lon<sup>上</sup> kaon<sup>平</sup>
| j = {{tone superscript|Haak1-lung4-gong1}}
| y = Hāak-lùhng-gōng
| xej = حِ‌ِلْوڭِیَانْ
| ci = {{IPAc-yue|h|aak|1|.|l|ung|4|.|g|ong|1}}
| tl = Hik-lîng-kang
| mnc = {{MongolUnicode|lang=mnc|ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ ᡤᠣᠯᠣ|style=max-height:2.5em; word-wrap:normal}}
| mnc_rom = Sahaliyan'ula golo
| mong = {{MongolUnicode|lang=mn|ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠮᠦ᠌ᠷᠡᠨ ᠮᠤᠵᠢ|style=max-height:2.5em; word-wrap:normal}}
| monr = Qaramörin muǰi
| mon = Хармөрөн муж
| order = st
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{{History of the Priamurye region}}
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'''Heilongjiang'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|eɪ|.|l|ɒ|ŋ|.|ˈ|dʒ|æ|ŋ}};<ref>{{cite book |last1=Longman |first1=J.C. |title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary |date=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education ESL |isbn=978-1405881173 |edition=3}}</ref> [[Postal romanization|formerly romanized]] as '''Heilungkiang'''}} is a [[Provinces of China|province]] in [[northeast China]]. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in [[Mohe City]] along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the [[Amur]] and [[Ussuri]] rivers).

The province is bordered by [[Jilin]] to the south and [[Inner Mongolia]] to the west. It also [[China–Russia border|shares a border]] with [[Russia]] ([[Amur Oblast]], [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]], [[Khabarovsk Krai]], [[Primorsky Krai]] and [[Zabaykalsky Krai]]) to the north and east. The capital and the largest city of the province is [[Harbin]]. Among Chinese provincial-level [[Administrative divisions of China|administrative divisions]], Heilongjiang is the [[List of Chinese administrative divisions by area|sixth-largest by total area]], the [[List of Chinese administrative divisions by population|20th-most populous]], and the [[List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP per capita|second-poorest by GDP per capita]] after only [[Gansu]] province.

The province takes its name from the [[Amur]] river which marks [[China–Russia border|the border]] between the [[People's Republic of China]] and [[Russia]].

Heilongjiang has significant agricultural production,<ref name="Stratfor">{{cite web
 |url=https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/heilongjiang-and-chinas-food-security
 |title=Heilongjiang and China's Food Security
 |date=2012-03-05
 |publisher=Stratfor
 |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> and raw materials, such as timber, oil, and coal.

==Etymology==
The province takes its name from the [[Amur]] river, whose name in [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] is ''Heilongjiang'' ('black [[Chinese dragon|dragon]] river').

==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=January 2022}}
[[File:Cathedral of Holy Wisdom, Harbin 5.jpg|thumb|left|[[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Harbin|Saint Sofia Church]] in [[Harbin]]]]

Ancient Chinese records and other sources state that Heilongjiang was inhabited by people such as the [[Sushen]], [[Buyeo]], the [[Mohe people|Mohe]], and the [[Khitan people|Khitan]]. [[Mongol]]ic [[Donghu people]] lived in [[Inner Mongolia]] and the western part of Heilongjiang.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140322043037/http://www.orientaldiscovery.com/html/2011/11/201111231554001713.html Origins of Minority Ethnic Groups in Heilongjiang]}}</ref> Some names are Manchu or Mongolian.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iqh.net.cn/lsdl_dmx_show.asp?column_id=2506&column_cat_id=469 |script-title=zh:浅谈黑龙江省地名的特点 |website=iqh.net.cn |language=zh-cn |access-date=16 January 2011 |archive-date=23 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723122439/http://www.iqh.net.cn/lsdl_dmx_show.asp?column_id=2506&column_cat_id=469 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The eastern portion of Heilongjiang was ruled by the [[Balhae|Bohai Kingdom]] between the 7th and 10th centuries, followed by the Khitan [[Liao dynasty]]. The Jurchen [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)]] that subsequently ruled much of north China arose within the borders of modern Heilongjiang.

[[File:CEM-44-La-Chine-la-Tartarie-Chinoise-et-le-Thibet-1734-Amur-2572.jpg|thumb|left|Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces on a French map dated to 1734]]
Heilongjiang as an administrative entity was created in 1683, during the [[Kangxi Emperor|Kangxi]] era of the [[Manchu]] [[Qing dynasty]], from the northwestern part of the [[Jilin]] province.<ref name=edmonds>{{cite book|title=Northern Frontiers of Qing China and Tokugawa Japan: A Comparative Study of Frontier Policy|first=Richard Louis|last=Edmonds|publisher=University of Chicago, Department of Geography; Research Paper No. 213|isbn=0-89065-118-3|year=1985|page=6}}</ref> This Heilongjiang Province only included the western part of today's Heilongjiang Province, and was under the supervision of the General of Heilongjiang (Sahaliyan Ula i Jiyanggiyūn) (the title is also translated as the Military Governor of Heilongjiang; ''jiyanggiyūn'' is the Manchu reading of the Chinese word {{lang|zh-hant|將軍}} {{Transliteration|zh|jiāngjūn}}; "military leader, general" and is cognate with [[Japanese language|Japanese]] ''[[shōgun]]''), whose power extended, according to the [[Treaty of Nerchinsk]], as far north as the [[Stanovoy Mountains]]. The eastern part of what's today Heilongjiang remained under the supervision of the General of Jilin (Girin i Jiyanggiyūn), whose power reached the [[Sea of Japan]]. These areas deep in [[Manchuria]] were closed off to [[Han Chinese]] migration.

[[File:镇守黑龙江等处地方将军印，黑龙江将军府.jpg|thumb|Seal of the Guard General of Heilongjiang at the Heilongjiang General Mansion]]
The original seat of the Military Governor of Heilongjiang, as established in 1683, was in Heilongjiang City (also known as [[Aigun]] or [[Heihe]], or, in [[Manchu language|Manchu]], Saghalien Ula), located on the Amur river. However, already in 1690 the seat of the governor was transferred to [[Nenjiang County|Nenjiang]] (Mergen) on the [[Nen River]], and, in 1699, further south to [[Qiqihar]]. According to modern historians, the moves may have been driven by supply considerations: Nenjiang and Qiqihar are connected by a convenient waterway (Nen River) with southern Manchuria, whereas accessing Aigun (Heihe) would require either sailing all the way down the [[Sungari River]] until its confluence with the Amur and then up the Amur to Heihe, or using a [[portage]] over the Lesser Xing'an Mountains between the Nen River valley and the Amur valley. An additional advantage of Qiqihar may have been its location at the junction of a northbound road (to Nenjiang) and a westbound one (to Mongolia), enabling its garrison to defend both against the Russians and the Ölöt [[Mongols]].<ref>Edmonds (1985), pp. 115–117</ref>

Little Qing Military presence existed north of Aigun. According to the 18th- and early-20th-century European sources and the reports of the Russians in the 1850s, the farthest Qing "advance guard" post was at Ulusu-Modon (Ulussu-Mudan) ({{lang-zh|乌鲁苏穆丹}} ''Wūlǔsūmùdān''), near the Amur river's famous S-shaped meander. (The post was on the left (north) bank of the river, lost to the Russians in 1860.)

In 1858 and 1860, the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] government was [[Amur Annexation|forced to give up]] all land beyond the Amur and Ussuri rivers to the [[Russian Empire]], cutting off the Qing Empire from the [[Sea of Japan]] and giving Heilongjiang its present northern and eastern borders. At the same time, [[Manchuria]] was opened to [[Han Chinese]] migration by the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] government. By the early twentieth century, due to the ''[[Chuang Guandong]]'', the [[Han Chinese]] had become the dominant ethnic group in the region.<ref>Patrick Fuliang Shan, "Taming China's Wilderness: Immigration, Settlement, and the Shaping of the Heilongjiang Frontier, 1900–1931", Ashgate, 2014, {{ISBN|978-1-4094-6389-4}}</ref>

In 1931, Japanese forces [[Japanese invasion of Manchuria|invaded]] Heilongjiang. In 1932, the Japanese completed their conquest of the province, which became part of the [[Japan]]ese [[puppet state]] of [[Manchukuo]].

In 1945, Japanese forces in Manchuria were [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria|defeated by the Soviet Army]]. During the [[Chinese Civil War]], Soviet forces aided the Chinese communists. Heilongjiang became the first province to be completely controlled by the communists and [[Harbin]] the first major city to be controlled by them.

At the beginning of communist rule, Heilongjiang included only the western portion of the present-day province, and had its capital at Qiqihar. The remaining area was the [[Songjiang Province|province of Songjiang]]; its capital was Harbin. In 1954, these two provinces were merged into present-day Heilongjiang. During the [[Cultural Revolution]], Heilongjiang was also expanded to include [[Hulunbuir League]] and some other areas previously in [[Inner Mongolia]]; this has since mostly been reversed.

==Geography==
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2022}}
Heilongjiang is a land of varied topographies. Much of the province is dominated by mountain ranges such as the [[Greater Khingan]] Range and [[Lesser Khingan]] Range, [[Zhangguangcai Mountains]], [[Laoye Mountains]], and [[Wanda Mountains]]. The highest peak is [[Datudingzi Mountain]] at {{convert|1690|m}}, located on the border with [[Jilin]] province.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PeakVisor |title=Heilongjiang Mountains |url=https://peakvisor.com/adm/heilongjiang.html |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=PeakVisor |language=en}}</ref> The Greater Khingan Range contains China's largest remaining virgin forest and is an important area for China's forestry industry.

The east and southwest of the province, which are relatively flat and low in altitude, feature the [[Muling River]], the [[Naoli River]], the [[Songhua River]], the [[Nen River]], and the [[Mudan River]], all tributaries of the Amur, while the northern border forms part of the Amur valley. [[Xingkai Lake]] (or [[Khanka Lake]]) is found on the border with [[Russia]]'s [[Primorsky Krai]].

===Climate===
[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map v2 CHN Heilongjiang 1991–2020.svg|thumb|Koppen Classification map of Heilonjiang, based on its climate from 1991 to 2020]]
[[File:雪乡风光 - panoramio - 江上清风1961 (24).jpg|thumb|Winter in Heilongjiang]]
A [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dwa'' or ''Dwb'') predominates in the province, though areas in the far north are [[Subarctic climate|subarctic]] (Köppen ''Dwc'').<ref>{{Citation |via=Wikimedia Commons |last1=Peel |first1=M. C. |last2=Finlayson |first2=B. L. |last3=McMahon |first3=T. A. |title=Climate map of Asia, excluding (South)west-Asia (from the "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification"). |date=2007-10-12 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asia_Koppen_Map.png |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref> Winters are long and bitter, with an average of {{convert|−31|to|−15|°C|°F|0}} in January, and summers are short and warm to very warm with an average of {{convert|18|to|23|°C|°F|0}} in July. The annual average rainfall is {{convert|400|to|700|mm|in|0}}, concentrated heavily in summer. Clear weather is prevalent throughout the year, and in the spring, the [[Songnen Plain]] and the [[Sanjiang Plain]] provide abundant sources of wind energy.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

The province's largest cities include [[Harbin]], [[Qiqihar]], [[Mudanjiang]], [[Jiamusi]], [[Daqing]], [[Jixi]], [[Shuangyashan]], [[Hegang]], [[Qitaihe]], [[Yichun, Heilongjiang|Yichun]], and [[Heihe]].

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:60%; font-size:95%;"
|+'''Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for some locations in Heilongjiang province of China'''
|-
! scope="col" | City
! scope="col" | July (°C)
! scope="col" | July (°F)
! scope="col" | January (°C)
! scope="col" | January (°F)
|-
| [[Harbin]] || 27.9/18.3 || 82.2/64.9 || −12.5/–24.1 || 9.5/–11.4
|-
| [[Jiamusi]] || 27.6/17.7 || 81.7/63.9 || −12.7/–24 || 9.1/–11.2
|-
| [[Hegang]] || 26.5/17.4 || 80/63.3 || −12.7/–20.8 || 9.1/–5.4
|-
| [[Yichun, Heilongjiang|Yichun]] || 27.1/15.5 || 80.8/59.9 || −14.5/–29.1 || 5.9/–20.4
|}

==Transport==

===Roads===
Heilongjiang boasts an extensive road network, As of October 2020. it has {{Cvt|165989|km}} of expressways,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jt.hlj.gov.cn/jg/jtgk/|title=黑龙江省交通运输厅|access-date=3 August 2021|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124141212/http://jt.hlj.gov.cn/jg/jtgk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> highways and other roads. The [[G1 Beijing–Harbin Expressway|Beijing – Harbin Expressway]] is the most significant expressway corridor to the province, which begins at the Heilongjiang – Jilin border and ends within the [[G1001 Harbin Ring Expressway|Harbin Ring Expressway]]. The [[G1011 Harbin–Tongjiang Expressway|Harbin – Tongjiang Expressway]] runs northeast and it links far-flung counties within the jurisdiction of Harbin, Jiamusi and other major counties in Northeast Heilongjiang. Near the end of Harbin – Tongjiang Expressway, [[G1012 Jiansanjiang–Heixiazi Island Expressway|Jiansanjiang–Heixiazi Island Expressway]] branches off the main expressway at Jiansanjiang and connects many state-owned farms at the far east of the province before ending near the Sino-Russian border. The [[G10 Suifenhe–Manzhouli Expressway|Suifenhe – Manzhouli Expressway]] is another major corridor. it runs southeast to northwest and connects some of the most significant population centers of the province, including Mudanjiang, Harbin, Daqing and Qiqihar, before ending at the Heilongjiang – Inner Mongolia border. The [[G11 Hegang–Dalian Expressway|Hegang – Dalian Expressway]],another major expressway that facilitates the transportation of lumber and coal, runs between Hegang and the Heilongjiang – Jilin border in East Heilongjiang

===Railways===
There are 60 railway lines of around {{convert|5,300|km|mile|abbr=off}} including a section of the [[Eurasian Land Bridge]]. The [[Harbin–Dalian high-speed railway]], completed in 2012, stretches from Harbin, Heilongjiang's capital, to [[Dalian]] in Liaoning province via [[Changchun]] and [[Shenyang]] comprising 23 stops. It is expected to transport 37 million passengers per year by 2020 and 51 million by 2030.

===Airports===
Major airports include [[Harbin Taiping International Airport]], [[Qiqihar Airport]], [[Mudanjiang Airport]], [[Jiamusi Airport]] and [[Heihe Airport]]. Harbin International Airport is capable of handling six million passengers every year and connects to over 70 domestic and international cities.

===Waterways===

===Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge===
{{Main|Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge}}

The [[Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge]] was proposed in 2007 by [[Valery Solomonovich Gurevich]], the vice-chairman of the [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]] in [[Russia]]. The railway bridge over the Amur river will connect Tongjiang with [[Nizhneleninskoye]], a village in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.<ref>[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200706/19/eng20070619_385591.html Proposed bridge to boost bilateral trade], ''China Daily'', 19 June 2007.</ref>

The Chinese portion of the bridge was finished in July 2016.<ref name="NYT71616">{{cite news|author1=Andrew Higgins | title=An Unfinished Bridge, and Partnership, Between Russia and China | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/world/asia/unfinished-bridge-russia-china-amur-river.html | work=The New York Times | date=16 July 2016 | access-date=17 July 2016}}</ref> In December 2016, work began on the Russian portion of the bridge. Completion of structural link between the two sides of the bridge was completed in March 2019.<ref>{{citation| url = https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/03/21/russia-completes-construction-on-first-ever-rail-bridge-to-china-a64900 |title = Russia Completes Construction of First-Ever Rail Bridge to China | date = March 21, 2019| newspaper =[[The Moscow Times]]|access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{citation| url = https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5c9321df9a79475e283c5f69 | title=Россия и Китай соединили железнодорожный мост через Амур | trans-title=Russia and China connected a railway bridge across the Amur| language=ru| date = March 21, 2019 | publisher=[[RBK Group]]|access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> Opening to rail traffic has been repeatedly delayed, with the December 2019 estimate being "the end of 2020",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/economy/1099607|title=Railway bridge over Amur river to China will be built by end of 2020, envoy says|website=TASS|access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> and then 3rd quarter of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvnovosti.ru/eao/2020/02/17/110702/|title=Новости Хабаровска|access-date=16 November 2020|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204141819/https://www.dvnovosti.ru/eao/2020/02/17/110702/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:smaller; text-align:center"
! colspan="10" |Administrative divisions of Heilongjiang
|-
| colspan="10" style="font-size:larger" | <div style="position: relative" class="center">
{{Image label begin|image=Administrative Division Heilongjiang.svg|width=600|link=|font-size=85%}}
{{Image label|x=465|y=900|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Harbin]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=210|y=675|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Qiqihar]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=780|y=905|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Jixi]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=695|y=695|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Hegang]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=780|y=800|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Shuangyashan]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=225|y=800|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Daqing]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=555|y=670|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Yichun, Heilongjiang|Yichun]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=740|y=745|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Jiamusi]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=680|y=870|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Qitaihe]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=605|y=990|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Mudanjiang]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=420|y=510|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Heihe]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=380|y=755|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Suihua]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=190|y=170|scale=600/1000|text='''[[Daxing'anling Prefecture|Daxing'anling<br>Prefecture]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=420|y=100|scale=600/1000|text=<span style="color: grey;">☐ '''Jiagedaqi Dist. & Songling Dist.<br />is de facto subordinate to Daxing'anling Pref.<br />but de jure part of [[Oroqen Autonomous Banner|Oroqen Aut. Ban.]], [[Inner Mongolia]].'''</span>}}
{{Image label end}}</div>
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!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | [[Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China|Division code]]<ref>{{cite web |language=zh-hans |url=http://files2.mca.gov.cn/cws/201502/20150225163817214.html |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码 |publisher=[[Ministry of Civil Affairs]] |access-date=11 December 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113603/http://files2.mca.gov.cn/cws/201502/20150225163817214.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Division
!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Area in km<sup>2</sup><ref name="nj2013">{{cite book |language=zh-hans|author=Shenzhen Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |script-title=zh:《深圳统计年鉴2014》 |url=http://www.sztj.gov.cn/nj2014/indexce.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512184740/http://www.sztj.gov.cn/nj2014/indexce.htm |archive-date=2015-05-12 |date=}}</ref>
!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Population 2010<ref>{{cite book| author1=Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China| author2=Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China | script-title=zh:中国2010人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料|date=2012|publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |location=Beijing|isbn=978-7-5037-6660-2|edition=1}}</ref>
!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Density (per km<sup>2</sup>)
!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Seat
!! scope="col" colspan="4" | Divisions<ref>{{cite book |language=zh-hans |author=Ministry of Civil Affairs |script-title=zh:《中国民政统计年鉴2014》|date=August 2014 |publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |isbn= 978-7-5037-7130-9|author-link=Ministry of Civil Affairs }}</ref>
|-
!! scope="col" width="45" | [[District (China)|Districts]]*
!! scope="col" width="45" | [[Counties of the People's Republic of China|Counties]]
!! scope="col" width="45" | [[Autonomous counties of the People's Republic of China|Aut. counties]]
!! scope="col" width="45" | [[County-level city|CL cities]]
|- style="font-weight: bold"
! 230000 !! Heilongjiang Province
| 454,800.00 || 38,312,224 || 84.2 || [[Harbin]] city || 54 || 45 || 1 || 21
|- bgcolor="#98FB98"
! 230100 !! [[Harbin]] city
| 53,523.50 || 10,635,971 || 198.7 || [[Songbei District]] || 9 || 7 ||bgcolor="grey"|  || 2
|-
! 230200 !! [[Qiqihar]] city
| 42,205.81 || 5,367,003 || 127.2 || [[Jianhua District]] || 7 || 8 ||bgcolor="grey"|  || 1
|-
! 230300 !! [[Jixi]] city
| 22,488.46 || 1,862,161 || 82.8 || [[Jiguan District]] || 6 || 1 ||bgcolor="grey"|  || 2
|-
! 230400 !! [[Hegang]] city
| 14,679.98 || 1,058,665 || 72.1 || [[Xiangyang District, Hegang|Xiangyang District]] || 6 || 2 ||bgcolor="grey"|  ||bgcolor="grey"| 
|-
! 230500 !! [[Shuangyashan]] city
| 26,483.00 || 1,462,626 || 55.2 || [[Jianshan District]] || 4 || 4 ||bgcolor="grey"|  ||bgcolor="grey"| 
|-
! 230600 !! [[Daqing]] city
| 22,161.00 || 2,904,532 || 131.1 || [[Sartu District]] || 5 || 3 || 1 ||bgcolor="grey"| 
|-
! 230700 !! [[Yichun, Heilongjiang|Yichun]] city
| 39,017.00 || 1,148,126 || 29.4 || [[Yimei District]] || 4 || 5 ||bgcolor="grey"|  || 1
|-
! 230800 !! [[Jiamusi]] city
| 31,528.00 || 2,552,097 || 80.9 || [[Qianjin District, Jiamusi|Qianjin District]] || 4 || 3 ||bgcolor="grey"|  || 3
|-
! 230900 !! [[Qitaihe]] city
| 6,221.42 || 920,419 || 147.9 || [[Taoshan District]] || 3 || 1 ||bgcolor="grey"|  ||bgcolor="grey"| 
|-
! 231000 !! [[Mudanjiang]] city
| 40,233.00 || 2,798,723 || 69.6 || [[Dong'an District]] || 4 || 1 ||bgcolor="grey"|  || 5
|-
! 231100 !! [[Heihe]] city
| 66,802.65 || 1,673,898 || 25.1 || [[Aihui District]] || 1 || 2 ||bgcolor="grey"|  || 3
|-
! 231200 !! [[Suihua]] city
| 34,964.17 || 5,416,439 || 154.9 || [[Beilin District, Suihua|Beilin District]] || 1 || 6 ||bgcolor="grey"|  || 3
|-
! 232700 !! [[Daxing'anling Prefecture]]
| 46,755.00<sup>≈</sup> || 511,564 || 10.9 || [[Jiagedaqi District]]** (''de facto''); [[Mohe, Heilongjiang|Mohe]] city (''de jure'') || 4** || 2 ||bgcolor="grey"|  || 1
|-
| colspan="10" | {{legend|#98FB98|[[Sub-provincial divisions in the People's Republic of China|Sub-provincial cities]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> – including [[District (China)#Ethnic districts|Ethnic districts]]<br/>
<nowiki>**</nowiki> – administrative districts not registered under the Ministry of Civil Affairs (not included in the total Districts' count)<br/>
<nowiki>≈</nowiki> – not including territories within [[Inner Mongolia]] (if included: {{convert|82928.80|km2|disp=or|abbr=on}})
|}

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{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-font:90%; width:auto; text-align:center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"
! colspan="5" |Administrative divisions in Chinese and varieties of romanizations
|-
! English !! Chinese !! Pinyin
|-
| '''Heilongjiang Province''' || {{lang|zh-hans|黑龙江省}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Hēilóngjiāng Shěng}}
|-
| [[Harbin]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|哈尔滨市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Hā'ěrbīn Shì}}
|-
| [[Qiqihar]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|齐齐哈尔市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Qíqíhā'ěr Shì}}
|-
| [[Jixi]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|鸡西市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Jīxī Shì}}
|-
| [[Hegang]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|鹤岗市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Hègǎng Shì}}
|-
| [[Shuangyashan]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|双鸭山市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Shuāngyāshān Shì}}
|-
| [[Daqing]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|大庆市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Dàqìng Shì}}
|-
| [[Yichun, Heilongjiang|Yichun]] city || {{lang|zh|伊春市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Yīchūn Shì}}
|-
| [[Jiamusi]] city || {{lang|zh|佳木斯市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Jiāmùsī Shì}}
|-
| [[Qitaihe]] city || {{lang|zh|七台河市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Qītáihé Shì}}
|-
| [[Mudanjiang]] city || {{lang|zh|牡丹江市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Mǔdānjiāng Shì}}
|-
| [[Heihe]] city || {{lang|zh|黑河市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Hēihé Shì}}
|-
| [[Suihua]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|绥化市}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Suíhuà Shì}}
|-
| [[Daxing'anling Prefecture]] || {{lang|zh-hans|大兴安岭地区}} || {{Transliteration|zh|Dàxīng'ānlǐng Dìqū}}
|}

(Additional information regarding the last prefecture can be found at [[Greater Khingan]].)

These 13 prefecture-level divisions are subdivided into 128 [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#County level|county-level divisions]] (65 [[District of China|district]]s, 20 [[county-level cities]], 42 [[County (People's Republic of China)|counties]], and one [[autonomous county]]). Those are in turn divided into 1,284 [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level|township-level divisions]] (473 [[Town (China)|town]]s, 400 [[Townships of the People's Republic of China|township]]s, 58 [[ethnic township]]s, and 353 [[Subdistricts of China|subdistrict]]s).

=== Urban areas ===
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size:100%;"
! colspan=5 | Population by urban areas of prefecture & county cities
|-
! # !! Cities !! style="background-color: #aaaaff;"| 2020 Urban area<ref name="2020PRCcensus">{{cite book |author=国务院人口普查办公室、国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司编 |date=2022 |script-title=zh:中国2020年人口普查分县资料 |location=Beijing |publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |isbn=978-7-5037-9772-9}}</ref> !! style="background-color: #aaaaff;"| 2010 Urban area<ref name="2010PRCcensus">{{cite book |author=国务院人口普查办公室、国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司编 |date=2012 |script-title=zh:中国2010年人口普查分县资料 |location=Beijing |publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |isbn=978-7-5037-6659-6}}</ref> !! style="background-color: #ffaaaa;" | 2020 City proper
|-
|1||'''[[Harbin]]'''||5,805,358||4,933,054{{efn|name=Harbin|New district established after 2010 census: [[Shuangcheng District|Shuangcheng (Shuangcheng CLC)]]. The new district not included in the urban area count of the pre-expanded city.}}||10,009,854
|-
|2||[[Daqing]]||1,370,248||1,433,698||2,781,562
|-
|3||[[Qiqihar]]||1,246,292||1,314,720||4,067,489
|-
|4||[[Mudanjiang]]||808,216||790,623||2,290,208
|-
|5||[[Jiamusi]]||698,557||631,357||2,156,505
|-
|6||[[Jixi]]||626,019||746,889||1,502,060
|-
|7||[[Hegang]]||514,826||600,941||891,271
|-
|8||[[Qitaihe]]||426,065||503,678||689,611
|-
|9||[[Shuangyashan]]||388,847||481,110||1,208,803
|-
|10||[[Suihua]]||355,700||364,225||3,756,167
|-
|11||[[Yichun, Heilongjiang|Yichun]]||331,640||694,019{{efn|name=Yichun|The stats does not reflect the Yichun PLC reorganization in 2019 after 2010 census.}}||878,881
|-
|12||[[Zhaodong]]||312,289||358,606||{{small|''see Suihua''}}
|-
|13||[[Wuchang, Heilongjiang|Wuchang]]||256,842||259,836||{{small|''see Harbin''}}
|-
|14||[[Shangzhi]]||246,880||269,699||{{small|''see Harbin''}}
|-
|15||[[Fujin City|Fujin]]||240,925||215,237||{{small|''see Jiamusi''}}
|-
|16||[[Nenjiang City|Nenjiang]]||223,587||bgcolor="lightgrey"|{{efn|name=Nenjiang|Nenjiang County is currently known as Nenjiang CLC after 2010 census.}}||{{small|''see Heihe''}}
|-
|17||[[Bei'an]]||213,850||248,471||{{small|''see Heihe''}}
|-
|18||[[Anda, Heilongjiang|Anda]]||196,645||223,486||{{small|''see Suihua''}}
|-
|19||[[Nehe]]||193,396||233,724||{{small|''see Qiqihar''}}
|-
|20||[[Heihe]]||189,471||147,042||1,286,401
|-
|21||[[Mishan]]||186,287||176,612||{{small|''see Jixi''}}
|-
|22||[[Hulin]]||184,294||193,028||{{small|''see Jixi''}}
|-
|23||[[Hailin]]||180,669||216,633||{{small|''see Mudanjiang''}}
|-
|24||[[Tieli]]||173,360||235,148{{efn|name=Yichun}}||{{small|''see Yichun''}}
|-
|25||[[Hailun]]||164,766||188,461||{{small|''see Suihua''}}
|-
|26||[[Wudalianchi]]||135,828||148,465||{{small|''see Heihe''}}
|-
|27||[[Jiagedaqi District|Jiagedaqi]]{{efn|name=Jiagedaqi|Jiagedaqi Administrative Zone is a special urban area jurisdiction that is de jure part of [[Hulunbuir]], Inner Mongolia but, currently de facto under Daxing'anling Prefecture control.}}||133,790||142,465||{{small|''part of [[Daxing'anling Prefecture]]''}}
|-
|28||[[Ning'an]]||123,311||128,469||{{small|''see Mudanjiang''}}
|-
|29||[[Tongjiang, Heilongjiang|Tongjiang]]||112,222||99,829||{{small|''see Jiamusi''}}
|-
|30||[[Suifenhe]]||111,455||128,363||{{small|''see Mudanjiang''}}
|-
|31||[[Dongning, Heilongjiang|Dongning]]||96,018||bgcolor="lightgrey"|{{efn|name=Dongning|Dongning County is currently known as Dongning CLC after 2010 census.}}||{{small|''see Mudanjiang''}}
|-
|32||[[Muling]]||91,287||112,882||{{small|''see Mudanjiang''}}
|-
|33||[[Fuyuan, Heilongjiang|Fuyuan]]||79,754||bgcolor="lightgrey"|{{efn|name=Fuyuan|Fuyuan County is currently known as Fuyuan CLC after 2010 census.}}||{{small|''see Jiamusi''}}
|-
|34||[[Mohe, Heilongjiang|Mohe]]||53,460||bgcolor="lightgrey"|{{efn|name=Mohe|Mohe County is currently known as Mohe CLC after 2010 census.}}||{{small|''part of [[Daxing'anling Prefecture]]''}}
|-
|35||[[Xinlin District|Xinlin]]{{efn|name=Xinlin|Xinlin Administrative Zone is a special urban area jurisdiction that is de jure part of [[Huma County]].}}||20,362||50,859||{{small|''part of [[Daxing'anling Prefecture]]''}}
|-
|36||[[Huzhong District|Huzhong]]{{efn|name=Huzhong|Huzhong Administrative Zone is a special urban area jurisdiction that is de jure part of [[Huma County]].}}||16,359||45,039||{{small|''part of [[Daxing'anling Prefecture]]''}}
|-
|37||[[Songling District|Songling]]{{efn|name=Songling|Songling Administrative Zone is a special urban area jurisdiction that is de jure part of [[Hulunbuir]], Inner Mongolia but, currently de facto under Daxing'anling Prefecture control.}}||14,872||30,205||{{small|''part of [[Daxing'anling Prefecture]]''}}
|- bgcolor="lightgrey"
|—||[[Shuangcheng District|Shuangcheng]]||{{small|''see Harbin''}}||244,898||{{small|''see Harbin''}}
|}
{{notelist}}
{{Largest cities
|largest = Most populous
|country = Heilongjiang
|kind = cities
|stat_ref = Source: ''China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018'' Urban Population and Urban Temporary Population<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development]] of the People's Republic of China(MOHURD) |url=http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02020032722244243052500000.xls |date=2019 |title=中国城市建设统计年鉴2018 |trans-title=China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018 |language=zh |location=Beijing |publisher=China Statistic Publishing House |access-date=29 November 2021 |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718211023/http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02020032722244243052500000.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|list_by_pop =

|city_1 = Harbin
|pop_1 = 4,860,000
|city_2 = Daqing
|pop_2 = 1,425,000
|city_3 = Qiqihar
|pop_3 = 1,094,000
|city_4 = Yichun, Heilongjiang{{!}}Yichun
|pop_4 = 765,200
|city_5 = Jixi
|pop_5 = 674,500

|city_6 = Mudanjiang
|pop_6 = 672,000

|city_7 = Jiamusi
|pop_7 = 590,000

|city_8 = Hegang
|pop_8 = 526,000

|city_9 = Shuangyashan
|pop_9 = 457,000

|city_10 = Qitaihe
|pop_10 = 418,700

|city_11 = Suihua
|pop_11 = 375,100

|city_12 = Zhaodong
|pop_12 = 243,000

|city_13 = Anda, Heilongjiang{{!}}Anda
|pop_13 = 232,900

|city_14 = Wuchang, Heilongjiang{{!}}Wuchang
|pop_14 = 190,300

|city_15 = Shangzhi
|pop_15 = 156,600

|city_16 = Heihe
|pop_16 = 148,000

|city_17 = Hailun
|pop_17 = 138,000

|city_18 = Bei'an
|pop_18 = 130,700

|city_19 = Fujin City{{!}}Fujin
|pop_19 = 125,500

|city_20 = Tieli
|pop_20 = 116,300
}}

==Politics==
{{further|List of provincial leaders of the People's Republic of China}}Like all [[Politics of China|governing institutions in mainland China]], Heilongjiang has a parallel party-government system,<ref name="PoliticalSystem2">{{cite web |last1=Lawrence |first1=Susan |last2=Martin |first2=Michael |date=20 March 2013 |title=Understanding China's Political System |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41007.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108131300/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41007.pdf |archive-date=8 January 2012 |access-date=28 September 2019 |website=Federation of American Scientists |publisher=Congressional Research Service}}</ref> in which the [[Party Secretary of Heilongjiang|CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee Secretary]] outranks the [[Governor of Heilongjiang|Governor]].<ref>{{cite news |date=23 January 2007 |script-title=zh:党委书记权力究竟有多大？ |trans-title=How much power does a Party Secretary really have? |url=http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/5316277.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702211524/http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/5316277.html |archive-date=2 July 2018 |access-date=29 April 2018 |publisher=[[People's Daily]] Press |language=zh-cn |script-work=zh:人民论坛}}</ref> The [[Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee]] acts as the top policy-formulation body, and has control over the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government.[[File:黑龙江省人民政府大楼2017夏.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Heilongjiang Province People's Government]]

==Economy==
{{More citations needed section|date=December 2008}}

In 2022, Heilongjiang's GDP was 1.59 trillion [[Renminbi|RMB]] ($236 billion in GDP nominal), with a per capita GDP of {{CNY|51,906}} ({{US$|7,717}} in nominal).<ref name="GDPdata"/> Its primary, secondary, and tertiary industries contributed ¥360 billion (22.7%), ¥465 billion (29.2%), and ¥764 billion (48%) to GDP, respectively.<ref name="GDPdata"/>

Heilongjiang's GDP has been rising steadily since 2003, growing 37% from 2003 to 2007.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} The value of the private economy reached RMB234 billion in 2006 and accounted for 37.6 percent of the GDP. In that year, the tax revenue from private enterprises hit RMB20.5 billion.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Private enterprises in Heilongjiang led the overall economic growth of the province. Many leading private enterprises have begun to emerge.

===Agriculture===
Heilongjiang is home to China's largest plantations of [[rice]], [[maize|corn]] and [[soybeans]], with a total of {{convert|14.37|e6ha|e6acre|abbr=unit}} of grain plantation area, including {{convert|4|e6ha|e6acre|abbr=unit}} of rice plantation and {{convert|5.5|e6ha|e6acre|abbr=unit}} of corn.<ref>{{cite news |title=China Focus: "Grain barn" promotes new rice varieties for better yields |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/28/c_139472808.htm |access-date=31 August 2021 |agency=Xinhua |date=28 October 2020 |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831114334/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/28/c_139472808.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Xinhua Headlines: China embraces bumper harvest with macro-adjusting in "grain barn" |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/15/c_138474111.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015164602/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/15/c_138474111.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2019 |access-date=31 August 2021 |agency=Xinhua |date=15 October 2019}}</ref> Heilongjiang has vast tracts of black soil ([[chernozem]]), one of the most fertile soil types.<ref name="Wen Dazhong"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Zuo |first1=Mandy |title=Illegal trade in rich black soil from Heilongjiang is robbing farmers in China's cereal food bowl of a future |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/environment/article/3131643/illegal-trade-rich-black-soil-heilongjiang-robbing |access-date=31 August 2021 |publisher=South China Morning Post |date=21 April 2021}}</ref> Since the early 20th century, cultivation in the black soil belt has expanded by almost 100-fold, and after the 1960s agriculture in the region transformed to modern agriculture with heavy mechanization and an increase of fertilizer use.<ref name="Wen Dazhong">{{cite journal |last1=Wen |first1=Dazhong |last2=Liang |first2=Wenju |title=Soil Fertility Quality and Agricultural Sustainable Development in the Black Soil Region of Northeast China |journal=Environment, Development and Sustainability |date=2001 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=41–43 |doi=10.1023/A:1011480228613 |bibcode=2001EDSus...3...31W |s2cid=153085940 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1011480228613|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Heilongjiang is one of the Asia's leading production areas for [[japonica rice]], known for high quality brand rice varieties.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Park |first1=Hong |title=The formation of high-class brand rice production area and functions of farmers' cooperatives in north east China: Case study of Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province |journal=Review of Agricultural Economics of Hokkaido University |date=2010 |issue=65 |pages=101–115 |url=https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do;?recordID=JP2010004344 |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Harbin rice"/> The introduction of cold-resistant varieties, favorable policies and climate change have all contributed to a significant increase in rice production in recent years.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hu |first1=Yanan |title=Rice production and climate change in Northeast China: evidence of adaptation through land use shifts |journal=Environmental Research Letters |date=2019 |volume=14 |issue=2 |page=024014 |doi=10.1088/1748-9326/aafa55 |bibcode=2019ERL....14b4014H |doi-access=free }}</ref> Commercial crops grown include [[beet]]s, [[flax]], [[sunflower]]s.<ref name="Harbin rice">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/Harbinrice.html
 |title=Harbin — the capital city of China's high-quality rice
 |date=2017-10-17
 |publisher=China Daily
 |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>

Heilongjiang is also an important source of lumber for China. Pine, especially the [[Korean pine]] and [[larch]] are the most important forms of lumber produced in Heilongjiang.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} Forests are mostly found in the [[Greater Khingan Mountains]] and [[Lesser Khingan Mountains]], which are also home to protected animal species such as the [[Siberian tiger]], the [[red-crowned crane]], and the [[lynx]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Herding in Heilongjiang is centered upon horses and cattle; the province has the largest number of milk cows and the highest production of milk among all the province-level divisions of China.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

===Industry===
Heilongjiang is part of [[northeast China]], the country's traditional industrial base. Industry is focused upon coal, petroleum, lumber, machinery, and food.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}  Due to its location, Heilongjiang is also an important gateway for trade with [[Russia]]. Since a wave of privatization led to the closure of uncompetitive factories in the 1990s, Manchuria has suffered from stagnation.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} As a result, the government has started the [[Northeast Area Revitalization Plan|Revitalize Northeast China]] campaign to deal with this problem, promoting the private sectors as the preferred method of [[Chinese economic reform|economic reform]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

[[Petroleum]] is of great importance in Heilongjiang, and the [[Daqing oilfields]] are an important source of [[Petroleum industry in China|petroleum for China]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Zhan |first=Jing Vivian |title=China's Contained Resource Curse: How Minerals Shape State-Capital-Labor Relations |date=2022 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-009-04898-9 |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom |pages=39}}</ref> Coal, gold, and [[graphite]] are other important [[Mineral exploration in China|minerals to be found]] in Heilongjiang. Heilongjiang also has great potential for [[wind power]], with potential capacity for 134 gigawatts of power production.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang|first1=Yuning|last2=Tang|first2=Ningning|last3=Niu|first3=Yuguang|last4=Du|first4=Xiaoze|date=2016-12-01|title=Wind energy rejection in China: Current status, reasons and perspectives|journal=Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews|volume=66|pages=322–344|doi=10.1016/j.rser.2016.08.008|issn=1364-0321|doi-access=free|bibcode=2016RSERv..66..322Z }}</ref>

===Development zones===
* [[Daqing]] New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
:Daqing New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone was constructed in April 1992 and was then approved as a national high-tech zone by the State Council later that year. Its initial zone area is {{cvt|208.54|km2}}, and it recently expanded the area by {{cvt|32.45|km2}}.<ref>[http://rightsite.asia/en/industrial-zone/daqing-hi-tech-industrial-development-zone/ RightSite.asia | Daqing New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone]</ref>
* [[Heihe]] Border Economic Cooperation Area
* [[Harbin]] Economic and Technological Development Zone
* [[Harbin]] New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
:Harbin High-tech Zone was set up in 1988 and was approved by the State Council as a national development zone in 1991. It has a total area of {{cvt|34|km2}} in the centralized parks, subdivided into Nangang, Haping Road and Yingbin Road Centralized Parks. The Nangang Centralized Park is designated for the incubation of high-tech projects and research and development base of enterprises as well as tertiary industries such as finance, insurance, services, catering, tourism, culture, recreation and entertainment, where the headquarters of major well-known companies and their branches in Harbin are located; the Haping Road Centralized Park is a comprehensive industrial basis for the investment projects of automobile and automobile parts manufacturing, medicines, foodstuffs, electronics, textile; the Yingbin Road Centralized Park is mainly for high-tech incubation projects and high-tech industrial development.<ref>[http://rightsite.asia/en/industrial-zone/harbin-hi-tech-industrial-development-zone/ RightSite.asia | Harbin New & Hi-Tech Industrial Zone]</ref>
* Sino-Russia Dongning-Piurtaphca Trade Zone
:Sino-Russia Dongning-Piurtaphca Trade Zone was approved by the State Council in 2000 and was completed in 2005. The zone has a planned area of 275.4 hectares. The Chinese part of the zone has a 22-hectare trade center with four subsidiary areas, A, B, C, and D, in which more than 6,000 stalls are already set up, mainly dealing with clothes, household appliances, food, construction materials, etc.<ref>[http://rightsite.asia/en/industrial-zone/sino-russia-dongning-piurtaphca-trade-zone/ RightSite.asia | Sino-Russia Dongning-Piurtaphca Trade Zone]</ref>
* [[Suifenhe]] Border Economic Cooperation Area
:Suifenhe Border Economic Cooperation District (Suifenhe BECD) is located in the north of Suifenhe City, and borders Russia to the east. Suifenhe BECD is the largest among the three state-level border-trade zones of Heilongjiang, in terms of investor numbers. Suifenhe BECD has a convenient transport network. The Binzhou-Suifenhe Railway, which connects the Russian Far East Railway, is an important port for export. The railway distance between Suifenhe and Harbin is {{convert|548|km|abbr=on}}. Buguranikinai, the corresponding Russian port city, is {{convert|21|km|abbr=on}} away.<ref>[http://rightsite.asia/en/industrial-zone/suifenhe-border-economy-cooperation-district/ RightSite.asia | Suifenhe Border Economic Cooperation District]</ref>

==Demographics==
[[File:China_Heilongjiang_pop_SbA5y_pyramid2019.png|thumbnail|Heilongjiang [[population pyramid]] in 2019]]
{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical population
|footnote    = Established in 1923; dissolved in 1932 and incorporated into [[Manchukuo]] / Heilongjiang Province (present).<br />Harbin part of Heilongjiang Province until 1947–1949 and 1953–1954.<br />Dongsheng SAR dissolved in 1932 and incorporated into Manchukuo / Heilongjiang Province (present).<br />[[Songjiang Province]] dissolved in 1955 and incorporated into Heilongjiang Province.<br />[[Hejiang Province]] dissolved in 1949 and incorporated into Songjiang Province / Heilongjiang Province (present).<br />[[Nenjiang Province]] dissolved in 1949 and incorporated into Heilongjiang Province.
|1912<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:1912年中国人口|url=http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo2.html|access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> |2,029,000
|1928<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:1928年中国人口|url=http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo3.htm|access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> |3,725,000
|1936–37<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:1936–37年中国人口|url=http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo4.htm|access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> |3,751,000
|1947<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:1947年全国人口|url=http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo5.htm|access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> |2,844,000
|1954<ref name="census1954">{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16767.htm |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国国家统计局关于第一次全国人口调查登记结果的公报 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174810/http://www.stats.gov.cn/TJGB/RKPCGB/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16767.htm |archive-date=2009-08-05 }}</ref> |11,897,309
|1964<ref name="census1964">{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16768.htm |script-title=zh:第二次全国人口普查结果的几项主要统计数字 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914173158/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16768.htm |archive-date=2012-09-14 }}</ref> |20,118,271
|1982<ref name="census1982">{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16769.htm |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国国家统计局关于一九八二年人口普查主要数字的公报 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510075429/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16769.htm |archive-date=2012-05-10 }}</ref> |32,665,546
|1990<ref name="census1990">{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16772.htm |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国国家统计局关于一九九〇年人口普查主要数据的公报 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619002216/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16772.htm |archive-date=2012-06-19 }}</ref> |35,214,873
|2000<ref name="census2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020331_15435.htm |script-title=zh:现将2000年第五次全国人口普查快速汇总的人口地区分布数据公布如下 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829052024/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020331_15435.htm |archive-date=2012-08-29 }}</ref> |36,237,576
|2010<ref name="census2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722516.htm |title=Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727021210/http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722516.htm |archive-date=2013-07-27 }}</ref> |38,312,224
|2020 |31,850,088
}}
By the end of 2022, Heilongjiang Province had a permanent resident population of 30.99 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 Statistical Bulletin on the National Economic and Social Development of Heilongjiang Province|url=http://tjj.hlj.gov.cn/tjj/c106779/202303/c00_31558382.shtml|access-date=2023-08-22|website=tjj.hlj.gov.cn|archive-date=2023-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407181304/http://tjj.hlj.gov.cn/tjj/c106779/202303/c00_31558382.shtml|url-status=live}}
</ref>
This represented a decrease of 260,000 from the previous year.
The urban population was 20.52 million, and the rural population was 10.47 million.
The urbanization rate reached 66.2%, up 0.5 percentage points from the previous year.
The age composition was as follows:

* Ages 0–14: 9.3% of the total population
* Ages 65 and above: 17.8% of the total population

According to the 2021 Statistical Bulletin, the province’s total permanent population was 31.25 million, a decrease of 460,000 compared with 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Statistical Bulletin on the National Economic and Social Development of Heilongjiang Province |url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/roll/202203/16/t20220316_37406771.shtml |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=district.ce.cn |archive-date=2022-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105025955/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/roll/202203/16/t20220316_37406771.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref>

Based on the [[Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China|Seventh National Population Census]] (2020), the total permanent population of Heilongjiang was 31,850,088.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Heilongjiang Provincial Bureau of Statistics & Heilongjiang Provincial Leading Group Office for the Seventh National Population Census |title=Major Data Bulletin of the 2020 Heilongjiang Population Census |url=http://tjj.hlj.gov.cn/tjjnianjian/2020rkpc/zk/html/fu01.pdf |access-date=2023-07-28 |archive-date=2023-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728181406/http://tjj.hlj.gov.cn/tjjnianjian/2020rkpc/zk/html/fu01.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
Compared with the Sixth Census (2010) figure of 38,313,991, the province’s population declined by 6,463,903 over ten years (−16.87%), with an average annual growth rate of −1.83%.

Breakdown by gender and age:

* Males: 15,952,468 (50.09%)
* Females: 15,897,620 (49.91%)
* Sex ratio (females = 100): 100.35
* Ages 0–14: 3,286,466 (10.32%)
* Ages 15–59: 21,167,932 (66.46%)
* Ages 60 and above: 7,395,690 (23.22%), including 4,972,868 aged 65+ (15.61%)
* Urban residents: 20,897,694 (65.61%)
* Rural residents: 10,952,394 (34.39%)

In 2020, the birth rate was 3.35‰, the death rate was 8.23‰, and the natural growth rate was −4.48‰.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heilongjiang Statistical Yearbook 2021|url=http://tjj.hlj.gov.cn/tjjnianjian/2021/zk/indexch.htm|access-date=2022-03-23|work=tjj.hlj.gov.cn}}{{Dead
 link|date=November 2025}}</ref>
Heilongjiang's demographic profile is characterized by a low birth rate, low death rate, and a high level of population aging. In addition, out-migration has contributed to a continuous population decline since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hlj.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjgb/shgb/201904/t20190403_72710.html|title=Heilongjiang Provincial Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=2019-03-29|work=www.hlj.stats.gov.cn|url-status=live|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421053850/http://www.hlj.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjgb/shgb/201904/t20190403_72710.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hlj.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/shgb/201804/t20180411_63136.htm|title=Heilongjiang Provincial Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=2018-07-29|work=www.hlj.stats.gov.cn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140153/http://www.hlj.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/shgb/201804/t20180411_63136.htm|archive-date=2018-06-22|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Ethnic groups ===
The majority of Heilongjiang's population is [[Han Chinese]], while [[List of Chinese nationalities|ethnic minorities]] include the [[Manchu]]s, [[Koreans]], [[Mongol]]s, [[Hui people|Hui]], [[Xibe people|Xibe]], and [[Hezhen]].

In Heilongjiang Province, the Han Chinese constitute an overwhelming majority, many of whom are descendants of [[Chuang Guandong|immigrants from Shandong and Hebei]] during the Qing dynasty. Ten indigenous ethnic minorities are officially recognized: the Manchu, Korean, Mongol, Hui, Daur, Xibe, Hezhen, [[Oroqen people|Oroqen]], [[Evenki people|Evenki]], and [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]] peoples.<ref name="mzw">{{Cite news |url=http://mzw.hlj.gov.cn/system/201809/10011.html |title=Basic Information on Heilongjiang's Ethnic Minorities |date=2018-09-21 |work=Heilongjiang Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission |accessdate=2021-01-15 |archive-date=2021-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515110651/http://mzw.hlj.gov.cn/system/201809/10011.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
Among these, the Hezhen are unique to Heilongjiang Province.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://heilongjiang.dbw.cn/system/2015/08/14/056750463.shtml |title=Overview of Heilongjiang's Ethnic Minorities |date=2015-08-14 |work=DBW (Northeast Network) |accessdate=2021-01-15 |archive-date=2021-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504131053/https://heilongjiang.dbw.cn/system/2015/08/14/056750463.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref>
Within the province, there is the [[Dorbod Mongol Autonomous County]], the Meilisi Daur District in Qiqihar, as well as several ethnic townships.

Among the province’s permanent residents, the Han population numbers 30,728,612, accounting for 96.48% of the total; all ethnic minorities together total 1,121,476, or 3.52%.
Compared with the 2010 Sixth National Population Census, the Han population decreased by 6,210,569 people (−16.81%) but their proportion rose by 0.07 percentage points. Minority populations decreased by 253,334 (−18.43%), and their proportion declined by 0.07 percentage points.
Specifically:

* The [[Manchu people|Manchu]] population decreased by 164,213 (−21.95%), down 0.12 percentage points in proportion.
* The [[Korean Chinese]] population decreased by 57,683 (−17.6%), down 0.01 percentage points.
* The [[Mongols in China|Mongol]] population decreased by 13,273 (−10.58%), but their proportion rose by 0.02 percentage points.
* The [[Hui people|Hui]] population decreased by 26,285 (−25.83%), down 0.03 percentage points.
* The [[Daur people|Daur]] population decreased by 6,607 (−16.4%), with no change in proportion.
* The [[Xibe people|Xibe]] population decreased by 1,349 (−17.73%), with no change in proportion.
* The [[Hezhe people|Hezhen]] population increased by 192 (+5.31%), with no change in proportion.

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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; font-size:smaller; text-align:right"
|+ Ethnic composition of Heilongjiang Province (Seventh National Population Census, 2020)<ref>{{cite web |author1=Office of the Leading Group for the Seventh National Population Census of the State Council |title=China Population Census Yearbook – 2020 |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/pcsj/rkpc/7rp/zk/indexch.htm |access-date=2023-07-28 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512190635/http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/pcsj/rkpc/7rp/zk/indexch.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Ethnic group
! width="55" | [[Han Chinese]] !! width="55" | [[Manchu]] !! width="55" | [[Korean Chinese|Korean]] !! width="55" | [[Mongol]] !! width="55" | [[Hui]] !! width="55" | [[Daur people|Daur]] !! width="55" | [[Xibe people|Xibe]] !! width="55" | [[Zhuang people|Zhuang]] !! width="55" | [[Miao people|Miao]] !! width="55" | [[Hezhen]] !! width="55" | Other minorities
|-
! Population
| 30,728,612 || 583,807 || 270,123 || 112,210 || 75,464 || 33,670 || 6,259 || 3,890 || 3,852 || 3,805 || 28,396
|-
! Share of total population (%)
| 96.48 || 1.83 || 0.85 || 0.35 || 0.24 || 0.11 || 0.02 || 0.01 || 0.01 || 0.01 || 0.09
|-
! Share among minorities (%)
| — || 52.06 || 24.09 || 10.01 || 6.73 || 3.00 || 0.56 || 0.35 || 0.34 || 0.34 || 2.53
|}

==Religion==
{{Unreferenced section|date=April 2025}}{{Further|Religion in Northeast China}}
[[File:ハルビン極楽寺玄関.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ji Le Temple]] (Temple of Bliss), a Buddhist temple in [[Harbin]]]]

Most of Heilongjiang's residents are either non-religious or practice [[Chinese folk religion]]s, including [[Taoism]]. [[Manchu shamanism]] is practiced by many [[Manchu people]]. [[Chinese Buddhism]] and [[Tibetan Buddhism]] have an important presence in the province.

==Culture==
Heilongjiang's culture is part of a [[Northeast China#Culture|culture of Northeast China]] that is relatively homogeneous across this region, known in Mandarin Chinese as "Dongbei" (the northeast).

==Media==
[[File:黑龙江日报报业集团2017.jpg|thumb|left|Heilongjiang Daily Press Group]]

[[Heilongjiang Television]] and [[Harbin Economy Radio]] serve as broadcasters.

==Tourism==
[[File:Harbin Siberian Tiger Park 2.JPG|thumb|A [[Siberian tiger]] at [[Harbin Siberian Tiger Park]]]]

Harbin, the provincial capital, is a city of contrasts, with Chinese, [[Russia]]n, and eclectic worldwide influences clearly apparent. [[Bukui Mosque]], a national heritage site, is the largest glazed-tile building in the province.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bukui Mosque – the Largest Glazed-Tile Building in Heilongjiang Province |url=http://www.foreignercn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8110:bukui-mosque-the-largest-glazed-tile-building-in-heilongjiang-province&catid=106:travel-in-heilongjiang&Itemid=243 |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=www.foreignercn.com}}</ref> [[Eastern Orthodox]], [[Roman Catholic]], and [[Protestant]] churches as well as [[synagogue]]s dot the city.<ref name="China Expat City Guide: Harbin">{{cite web |title=China Expat city Guide |url=http://www.chinaexpat.com/list/28 |publisher=China Expat |year=2008 |access-date=2009-02-08}}</ref>

The long, cold winter is the backdrop for its famed [[ice sculpture]] exhibitions. In 2007 already the 8th Ice and Snow World opened to visitors in Harbin. More than 2,000 [[ice sculpture]]s were on display at the annual event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin – china.org.cn |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/travel/198585.htm |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=www.china.org.cn}}</ref>

Wudalianchi Lakes are a series of five lakes formed between 1719 and 1721 when volcanic eruption shaped one section of a tributary of the Amur into five interconnected lakes. The second lake in particular is renowned for its irregular geological sights. [[Lake Jingbo]], in [[Ning'an]] County, is a section of the [[Mudan River]] that has been narrowed and shaped by volcanic eruption into a series of sights, including the [[Diaoshuilou Falls]].

The province has a [[zoo]]logical park called "[[Harbin Siberian Tiger Park]]".<ref name="DK2014">{{cite book |author=DK |title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: China |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |page=457 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7mQAwAAQBAJ |date=2014-06-02 |isbn=978-1465430939}}</ref>

==Colleges and universities==
{{see also|List of universities and colleges in Heilongjiang}}
[[File:Main Building HIT.jpg|thumb|[[Harbin Institute of Technology|HIT]] is the only [[Project 985|985-tier]] university in the province, and one of the [[C9 League]], the best university league in the country]]
Partial list of universities:
*[[Daqing Staff and Workers University]]
*[[Harbin Institute of Technology]]
*[[Harbin Engineering University]]
*[[Harbin Medical University]]
*[[Harbin Normal University]]
*[[Harbin University of Science and Technology]]
*[[Heilongjiang August First Land Reclamation University]]
*[[Heilongjiang Commercial University]]
*[[Heilongjiang University]]
*[[Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine]]
*[[Heilongjiang International University]]
*[[Heilongjiang Institute of Technology]]
*[[Northeast Agricultural University]]
*[[Northeast Forestry University]]
*[[Northeast Petroleum University]]
*[[Qiqihar University]]

==Sports==
Heilongjiang is in the forefront of promoting winter sports and winter-featured sports industry in China.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://men.chinabandy.com/en/a/xinwen/2018/0115/126.html |title=2018 World Bandy Championship Men's Group B will be held in Harbin on 27th |access-date=2018-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010912/http://men.chinabandy.com/en/a/xinwen/2018/0115/126.html |archive-date=2018-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> For example, it is promoting [[bandy]] as an [[Winter Olympic Games|Olympic sport]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161012045229/http://www.worldbandy.com/olympic.html Heilongjiang Province Promotes Bandy as Olympic Sport!]</ref>

===Events and leagues===
* [[2009 Winter Universiade]]
* [[2018 Bandy World Championship|2018 Bandy World Championship, Division B]]
* [[Asia League Ice Hockey]]

== Notable people ==
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* [[Mao Buyi]], singer-songwriter
* [[Meng Nan]], singer-songwriter
* [[Ningning (singer)|Ningning]], singer from the K-pop girl group [[Aespa]]
* [[Song Yadong]], UFC Fighter
* [[Wang Manyu]], Chinese table tennis player
* [[Zhang Shan Qi]], racing driver

== See also ==
{{Portal|China|Geography}}
* [[Major national historical and cultural sites (Heilongjiang)|Major national historical and cultural sites in Heilongjiang]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.hlj.gov.cn/ Heilongjiang Government website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003221817/http://www.hlj.gov.cn/ |date=3 October 2020 }}
* {{Wikivoyage inline}}

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|North     = {{flag|Amur Oblast}}, {{flag|Russia}}
|Northeast = {{flag|Jewish Autonomous Oblast}} and {{flag|Khabarovsk Krai}}, {{flag|Russia}}
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|Southeast = {{flag|Primorsky Krai}}, {{flag|Russia}}
|South     = [[Jilin]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Inner Mongolia]]
|Northwest = {{flag|Zabaykalsky Krai}}, {{flag|Russia}}
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