Jixi was a nomadic area of the Jurchen and Goguryeo people. By the Shang Dynasty, dwellers here had began to communicated with people in Central Plain. It was in the Han Dynasty that primitive agriculture in this region had made a great progress. During the Tang Dynasty, Jixi was under the control of the Balhae. As the Manchu conquered the territories occupied by the Ming Dynasty in 1644, the basin of the Amur River was blocked in order to protect the Manchu people's place of origin. In 1662, the Kangxi Emperor set Ninguta General to dominate the territory. On August 12, 1945, the Soviet Army captured Jining County, and the Military Headquarter commanded the Jixi mining area to resume production. On July 30, 1949, the Northeast Executive Committee allowed Jining County to change its name to Jixi County, which was administered by Songjiang Province. On June 19, 1954, Jixi County was administered by Heilongjiang Province as the Songjiang Province became part of Heilongjiang province.