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 tourism strong in 2012
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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Fujian to increase shipbuilding capacity in three years
Fujian province expects to have the ability to build more than 8 million deadweight tons of ships each year, by the end of 2015, and to earn 70 billion yuan ($11.26 billion) for its effort, and that is just one of the goals of a recently announced Fujian provincial government plan. The government’s “11...
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Relocated PX project suspended in Zhangzhou
The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) halted an ongoing PX (p-Xylene) project in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province on Thursday due to its violation of an environmental protection law, 21st Century Business Herald reported on Friday. An announcement published by MEP on its website on January 21 said the project started construction without obtaining environmental evaluation...
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Use of famous forebear’s name in trademark triggers protest in Fujian Anxi
Descendants of Li Guangdi dispute use of forebear’s name in trademarks, Zhang Zhao reports. For eight consecutive days six men, most of them aged, stayed at Wang Qing’s tea shop in Anxi county of Fujian province to protest the shopkeeper’s registration of a trademark using the name of their ancestor Li Guangdi, who was...
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Fujian sees growth in ASEAN trade in 2012
The Fuzhou Customs office has reported trade between Fujian province and ASEAN countries, in 2012, valued at $21.54 billion, an increase of 17.6 percent over the previous year. Exports reached $14.21 billion, up 22.3 percent, while imports were worth $7.33 billion, up 9.5 percent. Statistics show the province’s import and export trade with ASEAN...
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CNPC Fujian to offer free gas-filling services for motorbiking migrant workers
Migrant workers heading home for the coming Spring Festival by motorbikes from Fujian province will be able to enjoy free gas-filling services along the national highways, as the local branch of China National Petroleum Corp will sponsor the giveaway for the second year. The Fujian branch of CNPC announced that the program, “A Warmhearted...
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Fujian tourist & 23 others marooned on Paracel island turn to Weibo for help
A group of 24 Chinese tourists have returned from an ill-fated boating trip which left them marooned for days on the Paracel islands in the South China Sea, making it back with the help of the local coast guard and Weibo, China’s leading equivalent of Twitter. A passenger surnamed Xie said he and four...
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Probe begins in official owning 16 properties
CHINA’S securities regulator has launched an investigation into a senior official in Fujian Province after the official’s neighbor accused her of owning 16 improperly obtained real estate assets worth tens of millions of yuan, Xinhua news agency reported. The official, Tian Liqin, former deputy head of the Fujian Securities Regulatory Bureau, denied allegations of...
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