Fujian Province Map (New Version)

Author: Wang Ruiping
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
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[Location and Area] Fujian Province (abbreviated as Min) is located on the southeastern coast of China. It covers an area of over 120,000 square kilometers.
[Administrative Divisions] 3 regions, 20 cities, and 50 counties.
[Nationality and Population] Han, She, Hui, Miao, Man, Gaoshan, and other ethnic groups, with a total population of 3.01 million.
[Topography] Four regions:
- Northern Fujian Mountains (Wuyi Mountains' northern section, Shanzheng)
- Southern Fujian Mountains (Wuyi Mountains' southern section)
- Eastern Fujian Mountains (Daiyun Mountains)
- Southeastern Fujian Hills and Coastal Plains (Zhangxia, Putian-Xian plains).
The province's highest peak: Huanggang Mountain at 2,158 meters (in the Wuyi Mountains on the Fujian-Jiangxi border).
[Major Rivers] Min River, Jiulong River, Ting River (the upper source of Guangdong's Han River), Jinjiang River, etc.
[Temperature and Precipitation] Average temperature in January: 7–13°C; in July: 28–30°C (below 28°C in northern mountainous areas). Average annual precipitation: 1,200–2,200 mm.
[Forestry and Mineral Resources] Forest area exceeds 27,000 square kilometers, with main tree species including pine, fir, camphor,, eucalyptus, mangrove, and bamboo. Mineral resources include coal, iron, manganese, molybdenum, graphite, bauxite, alunite, porcelain clay, pyrophyllite, and sea salt.
[Agriculture and Water Conservancy] Since liberation, efforts have been made to combine mountain, water, and farmland. Over 600 large, medium, and small reservoirs have been built, along with hundreds of thousands of small water conservancy projects. More than 160,000 horsepower of mechanical irrigation equipment has been installed, and over 2,000 rural small hydropower stations have been constructed.
[Agricultural Products] Rice, wheat, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, peanuts, rapeseed, and flue-cured tobacco. Subtropical fruits like lychee (also known as guìyuán, with the highest yield and quality in China), citrus, lychee, olive, and pomelo. Tea (the province is renowned for its tea varieties, including Wuyi Rock Tea, Anxi Tieguanyin, Fuzhou Jasmine Tea, and Keemun Black Tea). Lotus seeds (the "Jianlian" from Jianning and Jianyang are popular domestically and internationally). Forest specialties include bamboo shoots, mushrooms, Tremella fuciformis, and pine resin. Medicinal herbs include alisma, Chinese bayberry, turmeric, and Shenqu.
[Industrial Products] Machinery, steel, coal, chemical fertilizers, cement, plastics, boards, newsprint, sugar, and canned food. Traditional handicrafts include Fuzhou, horn combs, umbrellas, Shoushan stone carvings, Xiamen lacquer brocade sculptures, Dehua ceramics, and bamboo crafts from Nanping, Gutian, Fuzhou, etc. Woven bamboo products from Liancheng, Zhangping, Longyan, and Shanghang, as well as rattan products from these areas.
[Transportation] Since liberation, efforts have been made to improve transportation infrastructure, with railways like Yingtan-Xiamen, Nanping-Fuzhou, and Zhangping-Longyan, as well as numerous highways. The province has over 29,000 kilometers of highway, a 10-fold increase since before liberation, with over 90% of townships now accessible by car. The number of inland waterway routes has also doubled. In recent years, civil aviation routes have been opened between Fuzhou and Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
[Major Cities]
- Fuzhou: The provincial capital and largest industrial city. With Mawei as its outer port, it has been an important foreign trade port since ancient times.
- Xiamen: A major coastal port in southeastern Fujian and one of China's economic special zones.
- Quanzhou: A famous overseas Chinese hometown in southeastern Fujian, once one of China's largest foreign trade ports in history.
- Zhangzhou: An industrial and commercial city in the Jiulong River basin, with a developed food industry.
- Nanping: An emerging industrial city along the middle reaches of the Min River, with a developed forest industry.
- Sanming: An emerging industrial city and the iron and steel industrial base in central Fujian.
[Revolutionary Historical Sites]
- Site of the "Gutian Conference": Located in Shanghang County, Longyan Prefecture, western Fujian. In December 1929, the Red Fourth Army led by Mao Zedong and Zhu De held the Ninth Party Congress here, known as the Gutian Conference. A memorial hall has been established. Nearby is the former site of Mao Zedong's investigation before the conference—the Wuyuncao Room in Xinquan, Liancheng County.
- Jiaoyang Wenchang Pavilion, Shanghang County: The site of the first conference of the Communist Party of Fujian in western Fujian, where Mao Zedong personally guided the work in July 1929. Nearby is Mao Zedong's former residence in Sujiapo.
- Caixi Investigation Site, Shanghang County: Caixi in Shanghang was a model village during the Second Revolutionary War, where Mao Zedong personally investigated and guided the work. A Glory Pavilion has been built near the site. Nearby is the former site of the Fujian Western Division Land Distribution Conference—Nanyang Longtian Academy, where Mao Zedong participated.
- Chishan Uprising Site: The Wuyi Mountains in Chong'an were the revolutionary base of the northern Fujian people. The 1942 Chishan Uprising of the New Fourth Army shocked the nation.
- Southern Fujian Revolutionary Relics Exhibition Hall: Located in Longxi Agricultural School in Zhangzhou, it houses Mao Zedong's former residence from 1932, when the southern Fujian revolutionary base was established.
- "Xingeng Villa" in Changting: Mao Zedong's former residence during the period of establishing the western Fujian revolutionary base in 1929.
[Scenic Spots and Historical Sites]
- Gulangyu: A scenic island in southwest Xiamen, known as the "Garden on the Sea." It features historical sites like the Guanying Rock, where the national hero Zheng Chenggong trained his troops, and the Sunlight Rock. A Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall has been established.
- Yushan, West Lake, and Gushan: All tourist destinations in Fuzhou, with attractions such as the Chao Peak, Qi Gong Temple, Gui Zhai, He Pavilion, Kaifang Temple, Yongquan Temple, Eighteen Caves, and Lion Peak.
- Luoyang Bridge and Anping Bridge: Two Song Dynasty bridges in the Jinjiang region. Luoyang Bridge is a famous beam-structured stone bridge. Anping Bridge, also known as the Five-Li Bridge, is the longest ancient bridge remaining in China.
- Wuyi Mountain Scenic Area: A famous scenic and health resort in southern Wuyi City, with the beautiful Jiuxi River surrounded by emerald waters and red cliffs.