福建省情简介（中英

福建省位于中国东南沿海，陆地面积12 福建省简介 福建省位于中国东南沿海，陆地面积12.14 万平方公里，山地、丘陵占80%。海域面积13.6万平方公里，人口3627万。下辖福州、厦门、漳州、泉州、三明、莆田、南平、龙岩、宁德9个设区市以及85个县（市）、区。 福建面对台湾，是海上丝绸之路的起点，也是中国东南沿海对外开放重点省份。全省海岸线长达3525公里，自南向北形成大大小小天然良港120多个。 福建省地处亚热带，属亚热带海洋性季风气候。气候温暖，雨量充沛，年平均气温17℃-21℃。物产丰富，有数十种地下矿藏。森林覆盖率达63.1%，居全国首位。 福建人民多为汉族，畲族、回族、满族、苗族、高山族是福建省主要的少数民族。旅居世界各地的华人和华侨达1200万，其中香港、澳门同胞120多万，台湾同胞80%祖籍福建。 2004年初，福建省提出了建设对外开放、协调发展、全面繁荣的海峡西岸经济区的发展战略。海峡西岸经济区是以福建为主体，涵盖周边区域，对应台湾海峡，具有自身特点和独特优势，自然集聚，客观存在的区域经济综合体。建设海峡西岸经济区，立足于服务祖国统一大业和全国发展大局，致力于将海峡西岸建成促进祖国统一大业的前沿平台、两岸三地交流合作的重要地区和中国经济的重要增长极，得到了党中央、国务院的充分肯定。 2009年5月，国务院出台了《关于支持福建省加快建设海峡西岸经济区的若干意见》，进一步明确了建设海峡西岸经济区的总体要求、战略定位、目标任务，提出了支持海峡西岸经济区的具体政策措施。文件对海峡西岸经济区的建设战略定位为四点：两岸人民交流合作先行先试区域、服务周边地区发展新的对外开放综合通道、东部沿海地区先进制造业的重要基地、我国重要的自然和文化旅游中心。 改革开放30多年来，福建经济快速发展。2010年全省生产总值达13800亿元，比上年增长13.8%。全社会固定资产投资8273亿元，增长30%。福建与190多个国家和地区建立了经贸合作关系。2010年进出口贸易额达1088亿美元，增长36.6%，其中，出口715亿美元，增长34.1%；按可比口径实际利用外商直接投资103亿美元；社会消费品零售总额增长18.9%；居民消费价格总水平上涨3.2%；城镇居民人均可支配收入21781元，实际增长8%；农民人均纯收入7427元，实际增长7.5%； 2011年3月，国务院正式批准了《海峡西岸经济区发展规划》，这是福建发展史上一个新的里程碑，是继国务院颁布支持我省加快建设海峡西岸经济区的《意见》之后的又一重大举措，是对新起点上加快福建发展和海西建设的又一次有力推动。 A Brief Introduction to Fujian Province Situated on the southeastern coast of the Chinese mainland, Fujian covers a land area of 121,400 square kilometers, of which 80% is mountainous, and a sea area of 136,000 square kilometers, with a population of 36.27 million. Under its jurisdiction are nine municipalities: Fuzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Sanming, Putian, Nanping, Longyan, and Ningde, with 85 counties (or cities at county level) and districts. Facing Taiwan across the Straits, Fujian is the starting point of the ancient Marine Silk Route, and an economic powerhouse opening to the outside world. The coastline runs as long as 3,525 kilometers, creating from north to south more than 120 natural harbors of all sizes with favorable conditions. Fujian sits in the subtropical zone and is influenced by the subtropical oceanic monsoon climate with warm weather and plenty of rainfall. The annual mean temperature ranges between 17℃ and 21℃. The province is richly endowed with natural resources. Dozens of mineral deposits are available. The woodland accounts for 63.1% of the total, which is ranked first in the country. Major ethnic groups in Fujian are the She, Hui, Man, Miao, and Gaoshan. Among the overseas Chinese and Chinese with foreign citizenship all over the world, more than 12 million are of Fujian origin. And over 1.2 million compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao, as well as 80% of the Taiwanese, trace their ancestral roots to Fujian. In early 2004, Fujian unfurled the development strategy of building the Western Taiwan-Straits Economic Zone featuring an opening-up economy, balanced development and overall prosperity. The Fujian-centered Zone, encompassing its surrounding areas and interacting with Taiwan, is a regional economic complex with distinctive characteristics and advantages. Its build-up, with the full recognition of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, aims to serve the great cause of national reunification and contribute to China's overall development. It also commits itself to becoming a major platform for national reunification, a hub for communications and cooperation among the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, and an engine for China's economic growth. In May 2009, the State Council issued Opinions on Supporting Fujian’s Effort to Accelerate the Development of the Western Taiwan-Straits Economic Zone, laying out the strategy and objective for the Zone, and setting forth supporting policy measures in detail. To be specific, the objective is to turn the Zone into an area pioneering new approaches to enhance cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation, a new versatile gateway to serve its surrounding areas, an advanced manufacturing base on the eastern coast, and a key tourist destination with great natural and cultural interest. Over the past 30 plus years of reform and opening-up, Fujian has witnessed rapid economic development. In 2010, its GDP reached RMB1.38 trillion, an increase of 13.8% over the previous year. Fixed asset investment totaled RMB827.3 billion, up 30%. It has established business links with over 190 countries and regions. Total trade volume amounted to US$108.8 billion in 2010, up 36.6%, among which export was US$71.5 billion, up34.1%. The paid-in FDI reached US$ 10.3 billion when it was calculated on a comparable basis. The total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 18.9%, and the overall level of CPI rose by 3.2%. The per-capita disposable income of urban residents was RMB 21,781, a factual increase of 8%, and the per-capita net income of rural residents was RMB 7,427, up 7.5% in real terms. In March 2011, the State Council officially launched the Development Plan for the Western Taiwan-Straits Economic Zone, which set a new milestone for Fujian’s development after the promulgation of Opinions on Supporting Fujian’s Effort to Accelerate the Development of the Western Taiwan-Straits Economic Zone. Obviously, it will be a new catalyst for the development of the Western Taiwan-Straits Economic Zone. 三从是未嫁从父、既嫁从夫、夫死从子，四德是妇德、妇言、妇容、妇功。 In old china , a girl should obey her father before marriage, obey her husband when married, and obey her sons in widowhood and the four virtues (morality, proper speech, modest manner and diligent work) of women in ancient China