Fujian province’s development and reform commission announced a plan for constructing onshore wind farms, on Jan 31, as a major part of its energy development strategy form 2012 to 2020. The plan calls for 196 new wind farms, with a total installed capacity of 8.16 million kilowatts per year. By 2015, Fujian expects to...
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91 from Fujian & other 3 provinces jailed over multinational telephone scam
A Beijing judge sentenced 91 people on Sunday for their involvement in a multinational telephone scam that targeted elderly Chinese. The trial is the first following a joint crackdown by police in China and Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Prosecutors said the defendants were part of a gang working out of Indonesia...
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Fujian sees massive Taiwanese capital influx in 5-year period
Over the past five years, the province of Fujian has received $5.79 billion worth of investment from Taiwan, while the trade value between the two amounted to $48.22 billion during the same period, according to Su Shulin，the provincial governor, who was speaking about the government’s work conference at the provincial People’s Congress, on Jan...
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Fujian should open wider to cross-Straits medical cooperation, says proposal
Fujian province should encourage investors from Taiwan to set up wholly owned hospitals as part of an effort to promote cross-Straits cooperation in the health sector, according to a proposal. In the proposal to the ongoing annual session of the Fujian legislature, the Fujian committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, one of the...
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Fujian to spend 326 billion yuan on projects to boost ties with Taiwan
Fujian plans to spend 326 billion yuan (HK$406 billion) this year to boost cross-strait ties with Taiwan, but analysts are divided on whether the coastal province’s heavy spending is sustainable. The sum is to be spent on 368 major projects, including 150 new developments, the Fujian government said on its website. Sectors to be...
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Four Fujian companies make China’s top 100 listed small businesses
Four Fujian-based enterprises, including one from Xiamen, were included on a list of the top 100 publicly traded best small businesses on the Chinese mainland, Forbes China released recently. The rankings were based on profit growth and sales revenues in 2011 for small and medium-sized enterprises whose sales ranged from 10 million yuan ($1.6...
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Fujian’s Mindu culture discussed at forum in Beijing
Game on for designers Fired up by clay Dozens of historians, scholars and government officials gathered in Beijing recently to attend the second Mindu Culture Forum. They discussed the history and culture of Mindu in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, and its active role in China’s economic development and modernization. “Mindu culture played a...
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Fujian tourism strong in 2012
In 2012, Fujian province received 167 million tourists in total, a year-on-year increase of 17 percent. The sector earned 191.7 billion yuan ($30.83 billion), up 17.2 percent from 2011. The number of domestic tourists rose 17.1 percent from 2011 to 162 million, bringing in 165 billion yuan in income, up 17.9 percent. Foreign tourists...
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Fujian’s Shishi sets sights on becoming ‘another Milan’
Textile city of shishi sets its sights on becoming an international fashion capital The scene is familiar enough – an army of buyers, journalists, celebrities and VIPs line the runway and music blares as strutting models parade by, stitched up in their masters’ latest creations. In this instance, it was Cabbeen’s spring collection of...
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Fujian’s imports and exports in 2012 grow by 2.4%
Fujian province registered $155.93 billion in imports and exports in 2012, an increase of 8.6 percent over the previous year and 2.4 percentage points higher than the national average. The growth ranks first amongst the seven major foreign trade cities in China. Fujian’s exports reached $97.84 billion, an increase of 5.4 percent over last...
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