Border city Suifenhe becomes China's new frontline in COVID-19 fight

Facing a high proportion of novel coronavirus infection cases brought from abroad, Suifenhe, a remote border city with fewer than 70,000 residents, has become the new frontline in China's battle against the COVID-19.

Why Suifenhe?

Suifenhe, a county-level city under Mudanjiang, is a key frontier port in China's Heilongjiang Province, which is just 120 km from the Russian port city of Vladivostok.

The Suifenhe border crossing is one of the few places where Chinese people living in Russia could use it to return home after Russia shut down international flights in late March.

These Chinese nationals returning to the Chinese mainland took a similar route: fly from Moscow to Vladivostok and then take trains, buses, or privates cars to the Suifenhe port.

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