Baicheng

Baicheng (白城 Báichéng) is a city in the northwestern corner of Jilin Province in China.

Understand
The area around present day Baicheng was a longtime hunting ground, and no farming was allowed until 1902, but now agriculture and agriculture industry play a major role. Baicheng was established in 1908 and was named Baicheng in 1938. The railways running through the city were etablished in the 1920s and 1930s and made Baicheng a regional transportation hub. Agriculture related industry, textile industry, a thermal power plant, a paper mill and other smaller plants are the industrial basis of the city. Two nature preserves are located nearby. The population is around 300,000 in the city and 2,000,000 in the county.

By plane
The nearest airport is in Changchun.

By train
Trains from Beijing leave from Beijing North, take 16–18 hours and costs ¥126-383.

There are also connections from Harbin (7 hours; ¥32-114), Changchun (5 hours ¥29-47), Dalian, (15 hours; ¥78-242) and Shenyang (7 hours; ¥67-206).

By bus
Buses from Changchun take 3–4 hours.

Get around
The city is relatively small and has occasional traffic jams, however multiple forms of transportation are available.

By bus
Most of buses are convenient and you can wait for them for little time. But some of buses that are in villages or far from the center of city are not very convenient and you have to wait for them for long time. Thankfully, the bus fare is not expensive and the fare of some buses is only ¥1 or ¥2, and more expensive fare is just over ¥5. Furthermore, the fare is that you can take the bus from starting point to end point. Besides, as for payment, you can cash payment for every bus, but as for some of buses, you can use a swipe card.

By taxi
There so many taxis in Baicheng city. You can take the taxi everywhere, so to speak. The color of taxi is between white and green and the environment in the taxi is common comfortable. The taxi fare is also cheap. Within 2.5 km, the fare is ¥5, but as for over 2.5 km, you should pay ¥1 every 100m as extra payment. In addition, as for time that you use the taxi over 5 minutes, you should also pay ¥1 for every 5 minutes as extra payment. But the city is not very big, you normally don't have to pay much money.

On bicycle or on foot
As the saying goes, “All roads lead to rome.” The roads in Baicheng like this old saying, you can take the bicycle or on foot go anywhere you want to go if you like doing it. Once you know your immediate surroundings, you'll find that Baicheng isn't such a huge place and the pedestrian approach can be an enriching experience. You can surely use GPS to find or go your destination it is also a convenient way. But if you want to go shopping, amuse yourself and so on, you may however need a Chinese-speaking friend to help you with registration or troubleshooting.

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