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The site on which the modern city of Fuzhou now sits has been continually occupied since the first settlement was founded here over 2000 years ago in 202 BC when the Fujian region was known as Minyue. Liu Bang, the founding Emperor of the Han Dynasty gave the local king of Minyue permission to establish his capital which he named Ye (''the Beautiful'') on this site and erected the first city walls.Read More>>
Fuzhou lies in the eastern coast of the Fujian Province in the downstream plain of Min River. The city faces Taiwan across the water to the east and the Fuzhou Municipality is sliced through by the Minjiang River, which runs into the east sea. Read More>>
The total area of Fuzhou is 12 thousand square kilometers, with a developed urban area of 1,043 square kilometers. The resident population of Fuzhou is just under 7 million with around 2.7 million living in the urban areas. The population in Fuzhou... Read More>>
? GDP: RMB 165.7billion (2006) ? Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban Residents: RMB 14,206 (2006) Read More>>
