Heilongjiang Province is called "Black" for short, and Harbin is the capital. Heilongjiang Province is located in the northeast of China, facing Russia across the river in the north and east, bordering Inner Mongolia in the west and Jilin Province in the south. It is the northernmost and easternmost provincial administrative region in China.
The topography of Heilongjiang Province is generally high in northwest, north and southeast, and low in northeast and southwest, which consists of mountains, platforms, plains and water surfaces. It spans the four major water systems of Heilongjiang, Wusuli, Songhua River and Suifenhe, and has a continental monsoon climate of cold temperate zone and temperate zone.
Heilongjiang Province, located in the hinterland of Northeast Asia, is an important channel leading to Russia and Europe in the Asia-Pacific region and an important window for China to open along the border.