This ancient city is rich in cultural heritage and preserves many fine traditions of the Chinese nation. It is also a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. Every year, an endless stream of overseas Chinese return home to seek roots and worship their ancestors. Quanzhou has beautiful scenery, with mountains, rivers, cultural relics and historic sites all over the city in Zhong Ling. There are more than 50 cultural relics protection units, a national key scenic spot and a national nature reserve. This is a good place for sightseeing.
When you visit Fujian, you can't miss Quanzhou. Quanzhou is located in the southeast of Fujian Province, bordering Fuzhou and Putian in the north, Xiamen in the south, Bao Dao in Taiwan Province Province in the east and Zhangzhou, Longyan and Sanming in the west. It is one of the three central cities in Fujian and the main ancestral home of the famous hometown of overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. At present, there are 6.24 million overseas Chinese whose ancestral homes are in Quanzhou, and 700,000 Hong Kong and Macao compatriots from all over the world. Quanzhou is surrounded by mountains and faces the sea, with rolling hills, valleys and basins scattered among them. There are 455 peaks above 1000 meters above sea level. The Daiyun Mountain Range extends from northeast to southwest and is called the roof of central Fujian.
Quanzhou is located between two subtropics in the south-central part of China, namely the evergreen broad-leaved forest belt in the northwest of Daiyun Mountain and the subtropical rain forest belt in the southeast. It is hot and humid all year round and dry for a short time. Jinjiang is the longest river in Quanzhou and is rich in water resources. Quanzhou is rich in light and heat resources and abundant in rainfall, which can be called a hotbed of southern Fujian. It is the national production base of oolong tea, longan and citrus. Anxi Tieguanyin and Yongchun citrus are export fist products. Shellfish and algae such as oysters, clams, snails, kelp and seaweed are abundant here. Quanzhou is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in the State Council. From the Tang Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, Tongtong Port in Quanzhou has always been the main foreign trade port in China, the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, and enjoys the reputation of the largest port in the East.
The city has unique scenic spots and numerous cultural relics, and it has been listed in more than 684 key cultural relics protection units at all levels, including 4 national/kloc-0 and 44 provincial ones. Quanzhou is an important part of the South Fujian Triangle Economic Open Zone approved by the State Council, and it is also one of the pilot cities for comprehensive reform in China. Since the reform and opening up, Quanzhou has made great efforts to make good use of the special policies and flexible measures given by the state and the province, focused on market regulation and export-oriented economy, and developed a diversified ownership economy, and its comprehensive economic strength has been significantly enhanced. In 2004, the city's GDP was160.297 billion yuan, and the total fiscal revenue exceeded1300 million yuan, with an average annual growth of more than 2.5 billion yuan, an increase of 24.5% over the previous year.
The economic aggregate continues to rank in the forefront of the whole province and prefecture-level cities in China. Quanzhou has formed five traditional advantageous industries, such as textile, clothing, footwear, building materials and construction, craft products, food and beverage, and machinery manufacturing, and is making great efforts to cultivate three leading industries, namely petrochemical, electronic information and tourism. In the special historical period at the turn of the century, Quanzhou people will further emancipate their minds, seize opportunities, forge ahead, accelerate economic development, carry forward culture, build Quanzhou into a big city, and promote faster and better development of the country and the nation.