Fuzhou, Jiangxi

FuzhouTemplate:Efn is a prefecture-level city in the northeastern part of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.

Fuzhou is located to the south of the provincial capital Nanchang, bordered in the east by Fujian Province. Its total area is . The population is 3,900,000.At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population will be 3.5348 million. The area is located northwest of the Wuyi Mountains, and is drained by the Fu River (Fuhe), which flows northwest to the Poyang Lake (in the neighboring Nanchang Prefecture).

History

The area was part of Chu during the Warring States period. After being conquered by the Qin, it was included in the Jiujiang Commandery.

In 204 BC, the territory was added to the Huainan Kingdom. Two years later, Yuzhang Commandery was dissociated from Huainan. Names of the counties Nancheng and Linru, both of which then part of Yuzhang, first appeared in this period.

In 257 AD, counties Linru and Nancheng were added to a new commandery, Linchuan. Thereafter, they were divided to 10 counties including Linru, Nancheng, Xiping, Xinjian, Xicheng, Yihuang, Anpu, Nanfeng, Yongcheng, Dongxing, with the administration center in Linru County. In 522 AD, another new commandery, Bashan, was divided from Linchuan, administering 7 counties Xinjian, Xining, Bashan, Dafeng, Xin'an, Xingping, Fengcheng. Linchuan and Bashan belonged to Gao State in 557 AD. The two commanderies were replaced by Fu Prefecture (Fuzhou) in 589 AD.

Tang dynasty and later

In 811 AD, Fuzhou was renamed as Shangzhou. In 975 AD, it was renamed as Junzhou. In 1149 AD, Le'an County was established in the prefecture, which administered counties Linchuan, Chongren, Yihuang, Jinxi and Le'an at that time. On June 23, 2000, Fuzhou City was officially established as a prefecture-level city in China.

Economy

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Linchuan District Administrative Center

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St. Joseph's Cathedral in Linchuan District

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Fuzhou No. 1 Middle School

The main industries in the area are food, textiles, food processing and light-modeled cars.

In August 2021, the construction of the Fuzhou New Energy Vehicle Industrial Park project started, and a new energy vehicle industrial base with a complete industrial chain including complete vehicles, parts, and power batteries has now been built.

Administration

Fuzhou is located in the eastern part of Jiangxi Province, between 115°35Template:Prime and 117°18Template:Prime east longitude and 26°29Template:Prime and 28°30Template:Prime north latitude.

Fuzhou has direct jurisdiction over two districts and nine counties:

Districts (Template:Lang-zh):

• Linchuan District (), the seat of the municipal government, CPC and Public Security bureaux and Intermediate People's Court.
• Dongxiang District ()

Counties (Template:Lang-zh):

• Nancheng County ()
• Nanfeng County ()
• Lichuan County ()
• Chongren County ()
• Le'an County ()
• Yihuang County ()
• Jinxi County ()
• Zixi County ()
• Guangchang County ()

Map
File:Administrative Division Fuzhou (Jiangxi).png Linchuan Nancheng County Lichuan County Nanfeng County Chongren County Le'an County Yihuang County Jinxi County Zixi County Dongxiang Guangchang County

Climate

Fuzhou also has a subtropical humid monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 17.9 °C, the average sunshine hours are 1,700 hours, the annual average precipitation is 1,900 mm, the annual frost-free period is about 248 days, and the four seasons are distinct. Due to the warm and humid climate, sufficient sunlight and long frost-free period, crops have very favorable conditions for growth.

Transportation

• Nanchang-Fuzhou Express railway (major service in Linchuan district; additional service in Nancheng County and Nanfeng County) The Changsha-Xiamen (Fuzhou) high-speed railway line is about 635 kilometers long, of which the newly planned line in Fujian is about 410 kilometers long, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour.
• Yingtan-Xiamen Railway (limited service, available in Zixi County only)The Yingtan-Xiamen Railway starts from Yingtan Station in the north and ends at Xiamen Station in the south. It is 705 kilometers long and has 99 stations (including the Zhangzhou branch line).
• Hangzhou–Changsha High-Speed Railway: Fuzhou East Railway Station in Dongxiang District

Recent history

• On 23 May 2010, a train traveling from Shanghai to Guilin derailed here due to landslides damaging the track.
• On 26 May 2011, three explosions struck government buildings. Two people were killed and at least six injured in the blasts. The cause of the blasts is being investigated.

Famous people

Fuzhou is historically important as the home (specifically Linchuan) of Wang Anshi, the famous reformist prime minister of Song dynasty, Zeng Gong, an influential scholar and historian of the Song dynasty, and Tang Xianzu, the great Ming dynasty dramatist. Chinese neurobiologist Rao Yi was born in Nancheng County of Fuzhou, Jiangxi province. Longtime backup People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps taikonaut Deng Qingming who finally flew on Shenzhou 15 after 24 years of waiting was born in Yihuang County of Fuzhou, Jiangxi province.

External links

• (Chinese) Official Website