Fujian, abbreviated as "Min", is a coastal province in southeastern China with Fuzhou city as its capital. It comprises nine prefecture-level cities — Fuzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Sanming, Putian, Nanping, Longyan and Ningde — and the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone. It totals 84 county-level divisions, including 11 county-level cities, 31 districts and 42 counties, with Kinmen county included. The province covers 124,000 square kilometers of land area and 136,000 sq km of maritime territory, with a permanent population of 41.93 million recorded in late 2024.
Notably, Fujian possesses China's second-longest coastline, featuring about 258 km of natural deep-water shoreline suitable for 10,000-ton-class berths. It leads the nation in per capita aquatic products availability and ranks first in East China for hydropower resources. Maintaining the country's highest forest coverage rate at 65.12 percent for 46 consecutive years, Fujian is home to five UNESCO World Heritage Sites. These are Mount Wuyi, Fujian Tulou, Taining Danxia, Gulangyu Island and Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China. As the origin of oolong tea, black tea, white tea and jasmine tea, the province boasts the nation's second-biggest raw tea output while also boasting the highest total tea industry value.
Human activity in Fujian traces back 180,000 years to the Wanshouyan site in Sanming city, with subsequent Neolithic cultures like the 6,500-year-old Keqiutou and 5,000-year-old Tanshishan cultures. The province nurtures distinctive cultural traditions including the Zhuzi Culture (Neo-Confucianism), Minnan Culture, Hakka Culture and Mazu Culture, having produced historical luminaries such as Zhu Xi, Zheng Chenggong, Lin Zexu, Yan Fu, Tan Kah Kee, Bing Xin and Chen Jingrun.
With its rich maritime heritage, Fujian became one of China's earliest foreign trade hubs. Quanzhou flourished as the Maritime Silk Road's starting point during the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368), while Fuzhou served as Zheng He's voyage departure point. The province now holds multiple national strategic designations including the Special Economic Zones, Pilot Free Trade Zones and the core area of 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. As China's prominent Qiaoxiang (hometown or place of original of overseas Chinese), Fujian has over 20 million ethnic Fujianese across over 190 countries and regions and 1.3 million in Hong Kong and Macao. Its proximity to nearby Taiwan is underscored by Pingtan Island's 68-nautical-mile distance to Taiwan Island and Xiamen's Jiaoyu Islet being merely 1,000 meters from Lieyu township in Kinmen county.
Fujian's modern infrastructure includes a 4,700-km railway network, double the national density, with all cities connected by high-speed rail loops and 6,100 km of expressways enabling 15-minute county access. Three major ports — Xiamen, Fuzhou and Meizhou Bay — each handle over 100 million tons annually, supported by six airports with 402 global air routes.
In 2024, Fujian's GDP reached 5.78 trillion yuan ($802.78 billion), with a growth rate of 5.5 percent year-on-year. The value added of large-scale industries increased by 6.7 percent, fixed asset investment by 3.9 percent, total retail sales of consumer goods by 4.4 percent and total exports by 5.3 percent. Moreover, general public budget revenue increased by 0.8 percent, while the local general public budget revenue grew by 0.6 percent. Finally, per capita disposable income for urban residents and rural residents increased by 4.6 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively.
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