Jiansanjiang () is an administrative area of 230,000 in eastern

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

province, China. It was established as a nongken farm.

Agriculture

Being a former agricultural reclamation land (), Jiansanjiang has a rich history of agriculture, and is known for having areas of

chernozemic soil Chernozem (from rus, чернозём, p=tɕɪrnɐˈzʲɵm, r=chernozyom; "black ground"), also called black soil, is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus (4% to 16%) and high percentages of phosphorus and ammonia compound ...

. The city is discussed in detail in academic papers on Agriculture in China: notably

China Agricultural University China Agricultural University (CAU, ; abbreviated as 农大) is a public research university in Beijing, People's Republic of China specializing in agriculture, biology, engineering, veterinary medicine, economics, management, humanities and soc ...

has an experimental station looking at rice varieties in the city. Jiansanjiang is known as China's green rice city, and its Honghe farm () was the first modernised farm in the whole of China, making use of

agricultural drones An agricultural drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle used in agriculture operations, mostly in yield optimization and in monitoring crop growth and crop production. Agricultural drones provide information on crop growth stages, crop health, and soil ...

and other technologies.

Transportation

Jiansanjiang Shidi Airport was opened in October 2017. By road, Jiansanjiang connects to the G1011 via the S11 Jianji Expressway. Jiansanjiang also connects to

Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...

(via Jiamusi) and Fuyuan by rail.

Science

The asteroid 207723 Jiansanjiang is named after the city.

References

Cities in Heilongjiang {{Heilongjiang-geo-stub