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. The city is discussed in detail in academic papers on

Agriculture in China China primarily produces rice, wheat, potatoes, tomato, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed, corn and soybeans. History The development of farming over the course of China's history has played a key role in supporting th ...

: notably

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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 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 (via

Jiamusi Jiamusi (Manchu: ; formerly Kiamusze) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. Located along the middle and lower reaches of the Songhua River, it faces Russia's Khabarovsk Krai across the Ussuri R ...

) and Fuyuan by rail.

Science

The asteroid 207723 Jiansanjiang is named after the city.

References

Cities in Heilongjiang {{Heilongjiang-geo-stub