——建设对外开放、协调发展、全面繁荣的海峡西岸经济区福建省发展和改革委员会BuildtheEconomicZoneontheWestCoastoftheTaiwanStraitsCharacterizedbyOpening-up,CoordinatedDevelopmentandOverallProsperityFujianProvincialDevelopmentandReformCommission长江三角洲YangtzeRiverDelta珠江三角洲ThePearlRiverDelta福建,简称“闽”,地处中国东南沿海,面对台湾海峡,邻近港澳,北承长江三角洲,南接珠江三角洲,背靠内陆广阔腹地。全省陆域面积12.14万平方公里,海域面积13.63万平方公里。Fujian,“Min”forshort,issituatedonChina’ssoutheastcoast,facingTaiwanacrossthestraitsandadjacenttoHongKongandMacao.ItconnectstheYangtzeRiverDeltatothenorthandthePearlRiverDeltatothesouthwithavasthinterlandattheback.ThetotallandareaofFujiancovers121,400squarekilometerswiththeseaareareaching136,300squarekilometers.HongKongMacao现辖福州、厦门、漳州、泉州、三明、莆田、南平、龙岩、宁德9个设区市、84个县市区(不含金门县)。2006年末总人口约3558万人(常住人口)。AdministrativeDivision9municipalities(Fuzhou,Xiamen,Zhangzhou,Quanzhou,Sanming,Putian,Nanping,LongyanandNingde)84counties,citiesanddistricts(excludingtheCountyofJinmen),Population35,580,000Uniquemountainousandmarineresources.Mountainsandhillsmakeup80percentofitslandareawithaforestcoveragerateof62.96percent,thehighestinthenation.Itisknownasa“greentreasuryinSouthChina”.Fujian’stotalwaterresourcesandper-capitaowningraterankattheforefrontinChina.Ithasrichhydro-powerresources,secondtononeinEastChina.Reservesof106mineralshavebeenproven.Thetotallengthofthecoastlinereaches6,128kilometers,ofwhich3,324kilometersarecontinental.Intermsofthenumberofsitesthatcanbebuiltintoberthswiththehandlingcapacityrangingfrom100,000to300,000tonsFujianranksthefirstinChina.Andtherearesixsiteswhichcanbebuiltintosuperlargedeep-waterberthswithahandlingcapacityof500,000tons.Fujianalsohasavastfishingground,greatpotentialoftidalenergyandawidevarietyoffishes,withtheper-capitaowingrateofaquaticproductsrankingthefirstinthecountry.山海资源得天独厚。山地、丘陵占陆域的80%。森林覆盖率达62.96%,居全国首位,素有“南方绿色宝库”之称。水资源总量和人均拥有量均居全国前列。水力资源蕴藏丰富,列华东之首。矿产资源中已探明储量的矿种达106种。海岸线绵延曲折,全省海岸线总长6128公里,其中大陆岸线3324公里,可建10-30万吨级泊位的岸线资源全国第一,有6处可建50万吨级超大型深水泊位。渔场面积辽阔,潮汐能储量巨大,鱼类资源丰富,水产品人均占有量全国第一。海岸线总长6128公里lengthofthecoastlinereaches6,128kilometers闽台关系源远流长Long-standingrelationswithTaiwan台湾同胞有80%祖籍是福建80percentofTaiwancompatriotsoriginatedfromFujian闽台之间具有“五缘”优势:TherearecloselinksinfiveareasbetweenFujianandTaiwan:地缘相近、血缘相亲、文缘相承、商缘相连、法缘相循ingeographicallocation,bloodties,culturalfeatures,commercialexchanges,historicalgovernmentadministration我们正致力于求紧密经贸联系、求两岸直接三通、求农业全面合作、求旅游双向对接、求文化深入交流、求载体平台建设实现“六求”作为。Wearemakingeveryefforttobringaboutclosereconomicandtradetiesandseekfor“threedirectlinks”andcooperationinculture,tourismandagriculture,aswellasmoreplatformsforexchangestobebuiltacrosstheTaiwanStraits.闽台经贸合作与人员往来日益密切,截至2006年底,全省累计实际利用台资达117亿美元,累计对台贸易额458亿美元,其中农业利用台资13.6亿美元,居全国首位。TradeandeconomiccooperationandpersonnelexchangesbetweenFujianandTaiwanhavebecomecloserwitheachpassingday.Bytheendof2006,FujianhadattractedaninvestmentofmorethanUS$11.7billionfromTaiwanwiththebilateraltradevolumeaddinguptoUS$45.8billion.OfthisfigureUS$1.36billionwenttoagriculture,rankingthefirstinChina.现有杏林、海沧、集美、马尾4个台商投资区,海峡两岸农业合作实验区已扩大到全省,拥有35个台轮停泊点,29个对台贸易点。海峡两岸现代林业合作实验区、台湾农业创业园、台湾水果销售集散中心、台湾水产品集散中心相继设立。Therearenow4Taiwan-investedzones,namely,Xinglin,Haicang,JimeiandMawei.Theexperimentedareasforcross-straitsagriculturalcooperationhavebeenexpandedtocoverthewholeprovince.Fujianhas35docksforTaiwanvesselsand21portsoftradewithTaiwan.Experimentalareasforcross-straitsmodernforestrycooperation,TaiwanAgriculturalparks,marketinganddistributingcentersforTaiwanfruits,anddistributingcentersforTaiwanaquaticproductshavebeensuccessivelysetup.福州、厦门港与高雄港开通海上试点直航,福建居民赴金马澎旅游顺利启动,福建沿海地区与金门、马祖、澎湖开展直接往来。以妈祖文化、闽南文化、客家文化和民俗文化为纽带的闽台交流越来越密切。PilotdirectvoyagesbetweentheportsofFuzhouandXiamenandtheportofGaoxionghavebeenlaunched.ResidentsofFujiannowhaveeasyaccesstoJinmen,MazuandPenghufortourism.ThecoastalareasofFujianhavebeenengagedindirectexchangeswithJinmen,MazuandPenghu.BasedonMazuCulture,SouthFujianCulture,HakkaCultureandFolkCulture,exchangesbetweenFujianandTaiwanhavebecomecloserwitheachpassingday.改革开放先行一步Pioneerinreformandopening-up福建是我国对外通商最早的省份之一。泉州在宋元时期成为世界最大商港之一,是著名的“海上丝绸之路”的起点。福州是郑和七下西洋的驻泊地和开洋地。FujianwasoneoftheearliestprovincesinChinatotradewithforeigncountries.QuanzhoubecameoneofthebiggestcommercialportsintheworldintheSongandYuanDynastiesandwasthestartingpointofthefamous“silkroadonthesea”.FuzhouwastheanchoringplaceofZhengHe’ssevenvoyagestotheWesternSea.改革开放后福建是全国率先实施“特殊政策、灵活措施”的对外开放省份之一,外贸进出口总值多年来居全国第6位,与200多个国家和地区建立了经贸往来关系,与19个国家的41个省、市缔结了友好关系。福建作为全国综合改革试验区,经济体制改革全面推进,经济市场化程度显著提高,成为民营经济最具发展活力的地区之一。Afterreformandopening-up,FujianbecameoneofthepioneerprovincesinChinaopentotheoutsideworldinadopting“specialpoliciesandflexiblemeasures”.Itstotalimportsandexportshaverankedthesixthinthenationformanyyearswithbusinessrelationsestablishedwithmorethan200countriesandregions.Fujianhasalsodevelopedtwinningrelationshipwith41provincesandcitiesof19countries.AsapilotprovinceforChina’scomprehensivereform,Fujianhaspushedforwarditseconomicrestructuringinanall-roundway,resultinginasubstantialupgradeinitsmarket-orientedeconomy.Fujianhasbecomeoneoftheregion