Gulou District, belonging to Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, is located in the northwestern part of the main city and is the political, economic and cultural center of Fujian Province. It is located in the center of Fuzhou Basin in the alluvial plain of the lower reaches of the Min River, with a subtropical monsoon climate. The area of the district is 35.7 square kilometers. As of October 2021, it has a total of 69 communities in 9 streets and 1 town. The People's Government of the district is located at No. 98, Jintai Road. According to the seventh population census, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Gulou District was 669,090 people.
Gulou District is the birthplace of the culture of Min Du, history and humanities, Fuzhou's history of six times the expansion of the city, the ancient city of 7.4 square kilometers are in Gulou. Han Gaozu five years (202 years ago), the descendants of Goujian Min Yue Wang Wuju in Pingshan and Yishan built Yecheng, more than 2,200 years, Gulou District has been in the center of the political, economic and historical and cultural arena of the eight Fujian, known as "the capital of the eight Fujian" said. It has 96 key cultural relics protection units such as Wushan, Yushan, Pingshan, Wuta, White Pagoda, etc., and it is home to celebrities such as Lin Zexu, Yan Fu and Shen Baozhen. The Sanfangqixiang in the jurisdiction is a national AAAAA level scenic spot, which is a large-scale and well-preserved historical and cultural district in China, and is the "living fossil of the Chinese city lane system" and "Chinese Ming and Qing Dynasty architectural museum", and has been called as It is known as "a piece of Sanfangqixiang, half of China's modern history". The district has a green coverage rate of 42%, with 13 riverside parks such as West Lake and Zuohai Park, 149 kilometers of footpaths, 63 beaded parks, and 550,000 square meters of green space, and has been awarded a national ecological zone and the first batch of Fujian Province's whole-area eco-tourism demonstration zones.
In 2022, Gulou District will realize a GDP of 260.906 billion yuan, a per capita disposable income of 65,763 yuan, and a total general public budget income of 6.314 billion yuan.