The fire broke out yesterday at a poultry processing workshop owned by the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Company in Mishazi Township in the city of Dehui, about 100 km northeast of the provincial capital Changchun.
Over 300 workers were in the plant when the accident happened, survivors were quoted by state-run Xinhua news agency as saying.
About 100 workers managed to escape from the plant, the gate of which was locked when the fire broke out, they added.
The Chinese government has ordered an investigation into the incident.