An aerial view of Yanji city at night. [Photo/cnjiwang.com]

Yanji city -- a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Northeast China's Jilin province -- recently received national recognition.

It ranked 39th on this year's list, published on Nov 1, of China's top 100 counties and county-level cities with future investment potential.

The list was compiled and launched by Insight China magazine, in conjunction with several national authoritative departments and professional institutions.

Annually, they make an evaluation and summary of the current situation in counties with a strong investment potential in China, reflecting the latest development trend there.

Yanji city, with its excellent business environment, came in at number 39 among 2,657 counties in China, becoming the first county in Northeast China and the only county with strong investment potential in Jilin province to make it onto the list this year.

In recent years, Yanji has attached great importance to improving its business environment.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, it has issued a series of support policies in areas such as finance, taxation and foreign trade.

These have helped inject vitality into the healthy and stable development of market entities which have been steadily on the rise in the city. This was an important factor for Yanji being included on the prestigious list.

The evaluation and selection activities of the list are weighted and comprehensively evaluated through big data, research, social public attitude surveys and expert evaluation.