Quanzhou was founded in 718, the sixth year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, with other names “Coraltree City”, “Carp City” and Wenling. Located on the lower reaches of the Jin River in the southeast of Fujian by the sea, it is a time- honoured city of civilization and a famous hometown for numerous overseas Chinese and Taiwan compatriots.

From old Quanzhou Frefecture to today’s Quanzhou City, it has always been a political , economic and cultural centre of the Jin River basin. The present city administrates Jinjiang, Nanan, Huian, Anxi, Yongchun and Dehua, covering an area of 10,865 km2,with 5,200,000 population.

Quanzhou was a busy city for ocean transportation and foreign trades in anicent times. As early as the Neolithic Age, man began to settle here, and later developments enabled it to become a prosperous open port city in the Tang and five Dynasties.

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