(1)外文名称: Fuzhou City
    (2)中文名称: 福州市
    (3)内容:
                           Fuzhou City
   Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian Province, is located in the eastern part of Fujian Province, on the lower reaches of the Minjiang River, facing the East China Sea and is separated from
Taiwan Province by a strip of water. It is Fujian's political, economic and cultural center, and vital communication
line on the sea and a famous historical city of the country. It currently has two cities, five urban districts and six counties under its jurisdiction. It covers an area of 11,968 sq km and has a population of 5.62 million, including an urban area of 1,043 sq km and an urban population of 1.37 million.
   During the Neolithic epoch about 5,000 years ago, ancestors began dwelling here by living on fishing and hunting. Fuzhou became a city on January 1, 1946 , was liberated by the People's
Liberation Army on August 17, 1949 and has served as the provincial capital city since then.
   The Fuzhou area, which has reserves of wolfram, bauxite, silica sand, kaolin and many other deposits, has abundant rainfall and a warm climate that is ideal for the cultivation of paddy, citrus fruit, litchi, olive and other sub-tropical crops.
   With financial revenue taking the seventh place as against the original 14th place, the city was included as one of the country's top 50 most powerful cities. Fuzhou has a number of development zones and industrial districts or parks in which overseas business people are building factories. One of the largest of ones is the Fuzhou Economic and Technological
Development Zone founded with the approval of the State Council
in 1985. Already established in the zone are a bonded area, a number of industrial and other enterprises, many of which are jointly run by Chinese and overseas firms.