But consumer choice here in jilin and many other heartland cities is confined largely to the limited offerings of dingy state-run department stores and mom-and-pop shops .
Just this week , authorities began blasting apart 16 newly built concrete railroad towers in northern jilin province after engineers determined they were too weak to support trains .
Late last year the national bureau of statistics asked rural hukou holders in the north-eastern province of jilin whether they wanted to switch to urban status .
去年年底全国统计局对东北吉林省持农村户口的居民进行调查,询问他们是否愿意转为城市居民。
Here in jilin city , where chemical manufacturing is the dominant industry , the state banks are flush with money from savings accounts .
例如在吉林这个以化工为支柱产业的城市,国有银行依靠储蓄账户而资金充沛。
Jilin has been devastated by floods this summer , with more than 140 people listed as dead or missing over the past two months .
这个夏天吉林被洪水搞得身心交瘁,过去两个月,超过140人被列为死亡或失踪。
Because consumers have so little spending power , many global-brand companies do not even bother to open stores in cities like jilin .
由于消费者购买力很小,许多国际品牌公司甚至不愿在吉林这样的城市开设分店。
On sunday , his train went from jilin 's provincial capital of changchung to yangzhou , a city near shanghai .
周日,其列车从吉林省会长春开到了离上海不远的扬州。
And in december , the jilin provincial governor resigned .