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Area : 121,400 km2 Agriculture: bluish dogbane, jute, longan, lychees, peanuts, rapeseed, rice, rubber, soybeans, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, tea, tobacco, wheat Provincial government office address : Hualin Road, Fuzhou
Capital and Largest City : Fuzhou Animal products : aquaculture products, shellfish Telephone : (86)(591)702-1333
English meaning of name : Built on Fortune Foreign direct investment (2003) : US$4.99 billion Website (Chinese) : www.fujian.gov.cn
Major Nationalities (2000) : Han 98%, She 1%, Hui 0.3% GDP (2002) : 468.2 billion yuan Website (English) : www.amoymagic.com/
Organization : 9 prefectures; 85 counties (includes Quemoy, administered by ROC); 1111 townships (includes Matsu, administered by ROC) GDP per capita : 13,508 yuan Transportation
Population (2002) : 34,660,000 Industry : aquaculture, building materials, construction, electronics, fishing, machinery, petrochemicals, textiles Airports : Fuzhou Chengle International Airport (FOC), Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN), Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN), Nanping Wuyishan Airport (WUS)
Population density : 286/km2 List of desired foreign investment projects : www.china.org.cn
/english/features/48140.htm
Highways/railroads : 54,876 km of highways including 727 km of expressways; rail lines connect Fuzhou and Xiamen with the national network
Weather : hot, wet summers; cool, dry winters (north) to warm, dry winters (south) Mineral resources : alunite, bauxite, gold, granite, kaolin, lead, limestone, manganese, pyrophyllite, quartz sandstone, silver, sulfur, and zinc Major seaports : Fuzhou; Quanzhou; Mawei; Meizhou (passenger only); Zhongyin (cargo only); Dongdu, Maluan (near Xiamen)
Special note: Fujian contains a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Xiamen.

 

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