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Cultural Changchun, a Civilized City of Happiness

Changchun is characterized by its cultural deposits, which have won it the famous titles of the City of Automobile, the City of Movie, the City of Sculpture, the City of Science, Education, and Culture, etc. The city, marked by the significant memory of the People’s Republic of China, the warning humiliation and pains of a victim in the war, the natural gift of distinctive winter scenery, ecological environment and folk customs, and the outstanding universities with great masters, deserves its reputation of Northeast Asia’s famous modern city with developed cultural industry, prosperous cultural undertakings, and eminent cultural features.

Automobile Culture

The First Automobile Works Group (FAW) serves as an everlasting monument in the history of automobile in China. As the first automobile factory founded in the PRC, the developing FAW has written a colourful chapter in the city’s culture. With is headquarters as one of the city’s landmarks, the FAW has created numberless breakthroughs and left well-known stories between the factory and the top leaders of the PRC.

Film Culture

As the film cradle of the PRC, the Changchun Film Studio (CFS), in its history of over 60 years, has produced over 1000 films and translated over 1000 overseas films. Under its influence, Changchun has won its reputation as City of Film, held 12 national film festivals since 1992, established Changying Century City --- the first worldclass film theme park of China, transformed the former site of the CFS, attracted millions of tourists with its film industry, and earned the honour and realized the dream of its film culture.

Sculpture Culture

Since 1997, Changchun has held International Sculpture Invitational Exhibition for 15 times and International Sculpture Conference for four times. The exhibitions and conferences have left over 700 sculptures of nearly 700 sculptors from 216 countries in the five continents. With all these works inside, Changchun World Sculpture Park, established in 2003, is exhibiting various cultures including the Mayan, Maori, Eskimo, and Indo-European, receiving over a million tourists every year, and showing the city’s inclusiveness for different cultures.

Warning Culture

Changchun fiercely resisted the invasion of the Japanese army in Mukden Incident, and was forced by the Japanese invaders to become the “capital” of the puppet state “Manchukuo”. The city’s long history of humiliation lasted for 14 years until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945. Everyone who comes to Changchun would get deeply impressed by the buildings of that era, including the “Imperial Palace” and the “Eight Ministries” of Manchukuo. Those world-class cultural heritages serve as warning that has recorded the disastrous historic moments of the Chinese nation, the horrible sins of the Japanese invaders, and the blood, tears, and sufferings of the Chinese people.

Education

Changchun hosted the 63rd Higher Education Expo from May 23–25, 2025, one of China's largest and most influential events in the higher education sector. The expo gathers global universities and enterprises, supporting a national-level platform for education, science, and talent integration. In 2024, 30 new or renovated kindergartens were completed, providing 5,000 additional compulsory‑education seats. Changchun Vocational Institute of Technology was upgraded to a bachelor‑level institution. Under Talent Policy 3.0, the city aims to attract more than 110,000 university graduates to stay and pursue a career. Changchun has 49 higher education institutions, including:

National universities directly under the Ministry of Education (2)

• Jilin University• Northeast Normal University

Provincial public universities (13)

• Changchun University of Science and Technology• Jilin Agricultural University• Changchun University of Technology• Changchun University of Chinese Medicine• Jilin University of Finance and Economics• Jilin Jianzhu University• Changchun University• Changchun Normal University• Changchun Institute of Technology• Jilin Engineering Normal University• Jilin Academy of Arts• Jilin Sport University• Jilin Business and Technology College

Provincial-level Regular Junior Colleges (4):

• Changchun Finance College• Jilin Communications Polytechnic• Jilin Economic Management Cadre College• Jilin Water Resources and Electric Power Vocational College

Provincial-level Part-time Colleges (2):

Jilin Provincial College of Education• Jilin Open University

Police College (1):

• Jilin Police College

Judicial Junior College (1):

• Jilin Judicial Police Vocational College

Municipal-level Regular Junior Colleges (4):

• Changchun Medical College• Changchun Automobile Industry Polytechnic University• Changchun Vocational Institute of Technology• Changchun Normal Junior College

Municipal-level Part-time Colleges (2):

• Changchun College of Education• Changchun Open University

Private Undergraduate Colleges (12):

• College of Humanities and Information• The Tourism College of Changchun University•Lemington College of Jilin University• Jilin International Studies University• Jilin Animation Institute• Changchun Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering• Changchun Science and Technology University• Changchun Guanghua University• Changchun University of Finance and Economics• Jilin Institute of Architectural Science and Technology• Changchun of Humanities and Sciences Colleges• Changchun University of Electronic Science and Technology

Private Junior Colleges (7):

• Changchun Information Technology College• Changchun Oriental Vocational College• Jilin Science and Technology Vocational Technical College• Jilin Russian Language College• Jilin City Vocational and Technical College• Changchun Health Vocational College• Changchun Early Childhood Education Vocational College

Changchun Campus of Jilin Normal University (1):

Changchun Campus of Jilin Normal University (under the jurisdiction of Siping City)

There are 48 national key disciplines, 49 national key laboratories, 725 individuals enjoying national government special allowances, 333 master's degree authorization points, 116 doctoral degree authorization points, and 93 postdoctoral research stations.

There are 16 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 7 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Ministry of Education-Affiliated National Comprehensive Key Universities:

Jilin University: Jilin University is a national key comprehensive university directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education. Founded in 1946, it was designated as a national key university in 1960. In 1984, it became one of the first 22 universities to establish a graduate school. It is a university under the national "Project 211", "Project 985", and the first batch of "Double First-Class" university construction projects.

Nineteen disciplines (fields) have their ESI rankings in the top 1% globally, with five disciplines—chemistry, materials science, engineering, pharmacology and toxicology, and clinical medicine—ranking in the top 1‰ globally.

The university focuses on cooperation with world-renowned universities and has gradually improved its global cooperation network. Currently, it has established cooperative relationships with 308 universities and research institutions in 42 countries and regions. Among them, 50 are ranked in the top 100 globally and 69 in the top 200. The university has jointly established 45 Sino-foreign cooperation platforms with universities and research institutions in 12 countries.

Northeast Normal University: Founded in 1946 and originally named Northeast University, it is a key university under the national "Project 211" and a key construction university under the "Project 985 Advantageous Discipline Innovation Platform". In 2017 and 2022, it was selected as a national "Double First-Class" construction university for two consecutive times.

The university's discipline and professional system covers 12 academic disciplines. It has six national "Double First-Class" construction disciplines: Marxist theory, education, world history, chemistry, statistics, and materials science and engineering.

The university has established cooperative and exchange relationships with 275 universities and research institutions in more than 30 countries and regions, including the United States and Canada, and has built six discipline innovation and talent introduction bases for higher education institutions.

In 2021, it was approved as a demonstration university for intellectual property rights in Jilin Province. In 2022, the university established Hongqi College and Ice and Snow College, focusing on serving economic and social development by leveraging local industrial advantages and geographical characteristics.