Editing Jilin (section)

== History ==
{{main|History of Jilin}}
In ancient times, Jilin was inhabited by the [[Xianbei]], [[Sushen]], the [[Mohe people|Mohe]], [[Jurchens]], and the [[Wuji (people)|Wùjí]] ({{lang|zh|勿吉}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jlplib.com.cn/szzy/jlsbnjs/200911/P020091124579925151035.pdf |script-title=zh:前言 |publisher=Jilin Province Library |date=2009-11-24 |language=zh-cn }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The kingdoms of [[Buyeo kingdom|Buyeo]] and [[Goguryeo]] ruled parts of this area.

The region then fell successively under the domination of the [[Xiongnu]], [[Xianbei state]], [[Goguryeo]], [[Balhae]], [[Khitan people|Khitan]] [[Liao Dynasty]], the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jurchen]] [[Jin Dynasty, 1115–1234|Jin Dynasty]], and the [[Mongol]] [[Yuan dynasty]].<ref name=":0">''History of Mongolia'', Volume II, 2003</ref> During the [[Qing Dynasty]], much of the area was under the control of the General of Jilin (Girin i Jiyanggiyūn), whose area of control extended to encompass much of what is [[Russia]]'s [[Primorsky Krai]] today.

After the [[Primorsky Krai]] area was ceded to Russia in 1860, the government began to open the area up to Han Chinese migrants, most of whom came from [[Shandong]]. By the beginning of the 20th century, Han Chinese had become the dominant ethnic group of the region. In 1932, the area was incorporated into [[Manchukuo]], a [[puppet state]] set up by [[Japan]]. [[Changchun]] (then called Xinjing), capital of Jilin today, was made the capital of Manchukuo. After the defeat of [[Japan]] in 1945, the Red Army captured Jilin after Operation [[August Storm]].<ref name="Glantz">LTC David M. Glantz, [http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/LP7_AugustStormTheSoviet1945StrategicOffensiveInManchuria.pdf "August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171601/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/LP7_AugustStormTheSoviet1945StrategicOffensiveInManchuria.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}. Leavenworth Papers No. 7, Combat Studies Institute, February 1983, [[Fort Leavenworth]] [[Kansas]].<!-- Mirrored at, or redirected from/to, http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/glantz3/glantz3.asp --></ref> The region, with the rest of northeastern China, was ceded to the Communists by the [[Soviet Union]]. [[Manchuria]] was the staging ground from which the communists eventually conquered the rest of China in the [[Chinese Civil War#Post-war power struggle (1945–1947)|Chinese Civil War]].

In 1949, Jilin province was smaller, encompassing only the environs of Changchun and [[Jilin City]], and the capital was at Jilin City, while Changchun was a municipality independent from the province. In the 1950s, Jilin was expanded to its present borders. During the [[Cultural Revolution]], Jilin was expanded again to include a part of [[Inner Mongolia]], giving it a border with the independent state of [[Mongolia]], though this was later reversed.

In recent times Jilin has, with the rest of [[heavy industry]]-based [[Northeast China]], been facing economic difficulties with [[privatization]]. This prompted the central government to undertake a campaign called "[[Revitalize the Northeast]]".