Located in the Northeast of China，Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang Province. With the beautiful Song Hua River running through the city from west to east，it is made fertile and prosperous inexhaustibly and provided an ideal place for summer swimming. Harbin is located in the position of the Northeast Asian centre，praised as the pearl in Asia-Europe Transcontinental Bridge，it is the first Asia-Europe Transcontinental Bridge and important pivot of air corridor. There are five railways connecting home and abroad and the Song Hua River waterways can go to Russia directly. Taiping International Airport will transport more than 2 million people annually as well as handle the passenger-cargo business of 110 countries or more.

Harbin has a temperate continental monsoon climate，with winter being cold and long there，usually lasting for 7 months from October to April. The long winter gives birth to the famous art of ice sculpture.