Jixi, also known as Coal City, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Province. It is an important national energy base approved by The State Council and one of the central cities in the southeast region of Heilongjiang Province. The city has jurisdiction over 6 municipal districts, 1 county and 2 county-level cities, with a total area of 22500 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, Jixi's permanent population was 1,502,060.
Jixi is located in the northeast of China and the southeast of Heilongjiang Province. It is separated from Russia by Ussuri River and Songacha River in the east and southeast. The border line is 641 kilometers long, bordering Mudanjiang City in the west and south, and Qitaihe City in the north. Jixi belongs to the cold temperate continental monsoon climate, terrain to mountains, hills, plain as the main body.

Jixi is a region developed earlier in northeast China. As early as 6,000 years ago, the ancestors of Jixi -- Sushen people began to live and multiply in this fertile black land, creating a splendid ancient fishing and hunting civilization -- Xinkailiu culture. Later, the descendants of the Sushen people - Yilou, not Ji, female real footprints throughout the Jixi earth. In the Tang Dynasty, Jixi officially had contacts with the Central Plains, and the Bohai State set up Dongping Prefecture here. It was established in 1957.
In 2021, Jixi achieved a gross regional product of 60.37 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 7.1%.