It includes the Manchurian Plain, the Loess Highlands, and the North China Plain.
Northern China has some of the best farmland in the country.
The Manchurian and North China Plains are suitable for growing wheat, corn, soybeans, sugar beets and sunflowers. Much of this area used to be the industrial heartland of China and many of the larger cities are not that picturesque. Still there are many hidden treasures including Harbin, Dalian plus the rural countryside that can make a visit memorable. The landscape of southern China is distinguished by rugged hills and steep mountains, beginning with the Tsinling Mountains which separate northern and southern China. Temperatures in southern China are moderate and vary less than in the north.