Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of China. It has a population of 3.4 million in its urbanized area. "Known as China's Automobile City, Changchun is an important industrial base with a particular focus on the automotive sector." "Despite the city’s extensive, rather grimy suburbs and rust belt feeling, the city center and the three development zones display modernity and steady development". (Source). "Today the capital of China’s northern Jilin Province stands as “China’s Detroit” as the country’s largest automobile producer. The Changchun Automotive Economic Trade and Development Zone is home to the country’s biggest wholesaler of used cars, automotive spare parts and tires." (Source).
Jilin has a northerly continental monsoon climate, with long, cold winters and short, warm summers. Average January temperatures range from -20 to -14°C.
Detroit is the largest city in the state of Michigan, with 5.2 million in its greater metropolitan area. "Detroit and the surrounding region constitute a major center of commerce and global trade, most notably as home to America's 'Big Three' automobile companies, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. " The northern part of the Lower Peninsula [of Michigan] and the entire Upper Peninsula has a more severe climate, with warm, but shorter summers and longer, cold to very cold winters.
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