Known as "Zou Lu on the seashore" and "a famous literary country", it is a famous historical and cultural city in Fujian Province.
Putian has three bays: Meizhou Bay, Xinghua Bay and Pingwan Bay, with a total land area of 4 1 19 square kilometers [1].
Sea area 1. 1 ten thousand square kilometers. At the end of 20 13, the total registered population of the city reached 3.29 million. [3]
1September, 1983, with the approval of the State Council, the prefecture-level Putian city was established. In February 2002, some administrative divisions were adjusted, covering Xianyou County, Licheng District, Chengxiang District, Hanjiang District, Xiuyu District and Meizhou Island National Tourism Resort [1].
Two administrative committees of Meizhou Bay North Shore Economic Development Zone.
Putian is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. As of 20 12, there are overseas Chinese1500,000 in Putian, distributed in 84 countries and regions, including 314,300 overseas Chinese and 85,700 Chinese. Putian has approved a total of 15 18 overseas Chinese enterprises, with a total contracted investment of US$ 7.577 billion and contractual utilization of overseas Chinese capital of US$ 7.002 billion, accounting for more than 75% of Putian's total foreign capital utilization. [4]
Putian is rich in seafood such as eel, prawn, swimming crab and dingchang fish, and the "four famous fruits" of longan, litchi, loquat and Wendan pomelo are well-known at home and abroad.