North East China

Northeast China
Northeast China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning) Portions of Inner Mongolia included in development plan in light red.
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国东北
Traditional Chinese	中國東北
Literal meaning	Northeast China
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Dōngběi Wade–Giles Chungkuo Tungpei IPA [ʈʂʊ́ŋkwǒ tʊ́ŋpèi]
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	东北三省
Traditional Chinese	東北三省
Literal meaning	Three Northeastern Provinces
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dōngběi Sānshěng
Second alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	满洲
Traditional Chinese	滿洲
Literal meaning	Manchuria
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǎnzhōu
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
Romanization	Manju

Northeast China (simplified Chinese: 中国东北; traditional Chinese: 中國東北; pinyin: Zhōngguó Dōngběi) or Dongbei is a geographical region of China. It also historically corresponds with the term Manchuria in the English language. It consists specifically of the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, collectively referred as the Three Northeastern Provinces (东北三省, Dōngběi sānshěng), but broadly also encompasses the eastern part of Inner Mongolia. The region is separated from Far Eastern Russia to the north largely by the Amur, Argun and Ussuri rivers, from North Korea to the south by the Yalu River and Tumen River, and from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region to the west by the Greater Khingan Range. The heartland of the region is the Northeast China Plain.

In the context of the Northeast Area Revitalization Plan by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, five prefecture-level cities of eastern Inner Mongolia, namely Xilin Gol, Chifeng, Tongliao, Hinggan and Hulunbuir, are also formally defined as regions of the Northeast. The region is nearly congruent with some definitions of "Manchuria" in historical foreign usage.