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Fujian

    

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Fujian Province
 

Fujian is a coastal province with a 3,324 km coast line in the south eastern corner of China opposite the island of Taiwan. This is the ancestral province of many of the Chinese diaspora overseas. The southeastern corner of Fujian where Fuzhou, Xiamen, Putian, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou are located is the province's economic hub. In 2003 this corner of the province accounted for 83% of Fujian's GDP.
 
Acting Governor

Wang Xiaojing 
Area

130,000 sq. km.
Population

64.1 million (2003)
Capital

Fuzhou
Resources

Fujian is rich in water resources and hydropower reserves e.g. there are about 1,000 places a 500 KW hydropower station can be built. Has considerable reserves in gold, silver, lead, zinc, manganese, kaolin, limestone, granite, alunite, pyrophyllite and sulfur. Forests cover 52% of Fujian's total land area. Fujian's timber production ranks third in China and it has 400 million cubic meters of timber reserves.
 

Economic Indicators
(2004)

 

 Value

Growth (% YOY)

GDP (RMB billions)

 605.3

12.1

Composition of GDP

  

GDP per capita (2003)

 14,979

11.0

Per Capita Annual (RMB '000):

    

urban disposable income

9.2  

net income of rural households

3.5  

urban living expenditure

 6.6  

Composition of per Capita Expenditure of Urban Households

  

rural living expenditure

 2.6  

Added Value Output (RMB billions)

  

 

Primary industry

 77.8

4.5

Secondary industry

 295.0

15.2

Tertiary industry

 232.5

10.8

Output by industry groupings

  

Retail sales (RMB billions)

 199.6

14.7

Exports (US$ billions)

 29.4

39.1

Imports (US$ billions)

 18.15

27.9

Fujian Statistical Yearbook 2004

 

 

 
Economic Indicators of selected cities (2003)
Cities GDP growth
(%)		 GDP Per capita
(RMB)		 Industrial Output
(RMB billions)		 Retail Sales
(RMB Billions)
Xiamen 17.0 35,009 132.0 23.0
Fuzhou 14.1 20,520 128.6 49.0
Quanzhou 14.0 18,414 114.0 40.9
Zhangzhou 11.0 12,973 33.5 18.0
Putian 12.4 9,513 21.9 8.7