Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province recently released a government work plan on the development of its State-owned forest, which said it will develop China’s largest ski resort Yabuli into an international tourist destination.

It also emphasized that the government should develop forest-related industries, such as tourism, medicine, flower planting and wood processing, which is expected to increase the gross output value in forestry to 400 billion yuan ($639.6 billion) and per capita disposable income of its residents to about 27,600 yuan.

Photo taken on Jan 21, 2015 shows the snow-blanketed landscape in Heilongjiang province. [Photo by Liao Wei/China Daily]

Heilongjiang will develop a group of travel routes from the city of Harbin to other tourist destinations, including China’s “Snow Town”, China's northernmost county Mohe and Jingpo Lake, according to the report.

There will be an industrial cluster of berry processing and a number of large enterprises that can promote an extension of the industrial chain in cities such as Harbin and Yichun. It will also foster a complete industrial chain for forestry with the help of professional afforestation and marketplaces.