延边地区的特征是:地缘的多沿性、资源的立体性、人文的跨境性、口岸的功能性、商贸的历史性和产业结构的一高一低性。同时,经济基础比较薄弱、观念陈旧、资金短缺、管理落后、技术低下。因此,如何进一步扩大对外开放,加大招商引资力度,巧借外资和技术,加速本地资源的高附加值开发,变比较优势为经济优势,是延边经济发展过程中面临的大课题。 The features of Yanbian are as follows: the multiplicity of geography, the three-dimensional nature of resources, the transnationality of humanities, the port function, the historicity of commerce and the high and low level of industrial structure. At the same time, the economic base is relatively weak, the concept of obsolescence, lack of funds, management backward, low technology. Therefore, how to further expand the opening up to the outside world, intensify investment promotion efforts, use foreign investment and technology to speed up the development of high value-added local resources, and make the comparative advantage an economic advantage are major issues facing Yanbian’s economic development.