Hulin City, a county-level city under the administration of Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, is located at the southern foot of Wanda Mountain in the eastern part of Heilongjiang Province, across the water from the Russian Federation by the Wusuli River. Hulin, in ancient times, is the birthplace of the Hezhen nationality. In May 1946, the county people's government was established. In October 1996, the county was abolished and the city was established. The total area is 9,334 square kilometers. According to the seventh census, the permanent population of Hulin was 267,870 as of midnight on November 1, 2020.

Hulin City is an emerging port city with a vast area and small population, mainly in agriculture, green food industry, border trade, tourism, medicine and other industries. As of October 2021, Hulin has jurisdiction over 1 subdistrict office, 7 towns and 4 townships, 6 state farms and 2 forestry industry and forestry bureaux belonging to the province: Hulin Town, Dongfanghong Town, Yingchun Town, Hutou Town, Yanggang Town, Dongcheng Town, Baodong Town, Xinle Town, Weiguang Town, Zhenbaodao Town and A Bei Town; Dongfanghong Forestry Bureau, Yingchun Forestry Bureau, Ba50 Farm, Ba54 Farm, Ba56 Farm, Ba58 Farm, Qingfeng Farm, Yunshan Farm.

In 2019, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Hulin reached 1543194 million yuan, an increase of 6.0% over the previous year at comparable prices. Of which, the added value of the primary industry was 100.4666 million yuan, an increase of 3.2% over the previous year; The added value of the secondary industry was 1.395.78 million yuan, down by 9.5%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 3989.50 million yuan, up by 11.8% over the previous year. The tertiary industrial structure is 65.1:9.0:25.9. The primary, secondary and tertiary industries contributed 34.4%, 20.2% and 45.4% respectively to GDP growth. The city's per capita GDP reached 56,274 yuan, an increase of 8.0% over the previous year.