On a winter day along the banks of the Songhua River in Jilin city, the temperature can drop as low as -20 C, but it is still a paradise for wild ducks.
Jilin province will speed up the development of the Changchun-Jilin-Tumenjiang pilot zone in the next five years, to enhance the cooperation with the DPRK, Russia and Mongolia.
A staff member demonstrates fish caught during a trial fishing in the run-up to a winter fishing festival on the frozen surface of Changling Lake, Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Dec 24, 2012.