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South China: Fuzhou
Fuzhou has been the capital and political center of Fujian Province since the Qin Dynasty. It became the temporary capital of China at the end of the Song and Ming Dynasties. It has economically benefited from its proximity to Taiwan making it one of China’s most prosperous cities.
Infrastructure
Industrialization in the capital began in 1949 when the city was connected to the major rail routes and the Minjiang River was extended to accommodate shipping. Since then, Fuzhou developed an efficient transportation system and is now the communication hub both for water and land transport.
Several main highways including the No.104, No.316 and No.324 intersect in Fuzhou. The city is investing a large amount of money in infrastructure projects and is focusing mainly on roads and bridges, including Nan Jiang Bin Lu, and the Kuiqi Bridge.
The city has a convenient railway system which connects to the national railway network via the Waiyang-Fuzhou line. The Wenzhou-Fuzhou high-speed railway is currently undergoing construction that includes excavating 53 tunnels. Upon completion, the line should cut the traveling time between the two cities to just two hours.
Fuzhou Changle International Airport has an annual handling capacity of 6.5 million people. International flights connect the city to major hubs across Southeast Asia to as far as Singapore to the south and Japan to the east. It is also a major air-freight hub, handling over 200,000 tons of cargo per year and has 231 medium sized aircraft departing each week and 10 airlines.
Fuzhou’s coastline is 1,137 kilometers long, along which deepwater ports are located. The provincial city Mawei is the gateway to Fuzhou and a transportation hub for Southeast Fujian. Mawei Port is the major cargo distribution center in Southeast Fujian and the Min River valley.
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