Mawei District, belonging to Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, is located in the southeast of Fuzhou City, on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Minjiang River, at longitude 119°37′E, latitude 25°29′N, with a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, and a pleasant climate, with a total area of 275.66 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, the resident population of Mawei District was 296,000 people. As of November 2022, Mawei District has 1 street and 3 towns under its jurisdiction, with the district government stationed at No. 168, Jiangbin East Avenue, Luoxing Street.
Mawei District has been known as "a thousand years of ancient port, a hundred years of shipbuilding". 1951, set up Mawei Town, August 28, 1982, set up Mawei District. Mawei District is rich in cultural and tourism resources, profound cultural heritage, attractions and monuments, the world's only shipbuilding complex, the earliest internationally recognized navigational towers, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road and so on are located in Mawei District. It has formed a shipbuilding culture tourism area represented by China Shipbuilding Culture Museum and Shipbuilding Gezhi Park; a shipbuilding industry site tourism area represented by Iron Coil Factory, Engine Workshop and Painting House; a Min'an historical and cultural village tourism area represented by Min'an Building, Xietai Yamen, Dailong Bridge and Tingjiang Battery; a countryside tourism area represented by Baimei Village, Hongtan Commune and Longgu Resort; a two-horse tourism area represented by the Mawei humanistic landscape and the Mazu battlefield scenery; and a two-horse tourism area represented by the Mazu battlefield scenery and the Mawei humanistic landscape. scenery as the representative of the two horse tourism area.
In 2022, Mawei District will realize a regional GDP of 67.534 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9%.