Jinjiang City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, administered by Quanzhou City, a Type II large city, is located on the southeastern coast of Fujian Province, in the southeastern part of Quanzhou City, facing the sea on three sides, connected to Quanzhou Bay in the northeast, bordering Shishi City in the east, bordering the Taiwan Strait in the southeast, facing Kinmen Island across the sea in the south, bordering with the city of Nan'an City in the west, and neighboring with the city of Licheng District in the north, with a total area of 649 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Jinjiang City has 6 streets and 13 towns under its jurisdiction. As of 2022, Jinjiang City has a resident population of 2,076,000 people.
Jinjiang City has a long history, Tang Kaiyuan six years (718) set up the county, has a history of more than 1,300 years, has always been the capital of Quanzhou Province, but also the core of the Golden Triangle of southern Fujian, separated from Taiwan by a stretch of water, known as "Quannan Buddha", "seaside Zulu" reputation. Central Plains culture, marine culture, Minnan culture, overseas Chinese culture, religious culture and other multicultural intermingling, reflecting each other; comprehensive strength of science and technology into the ranks of the country's top 100, was designated as one of the country's four demonstration areas of scientific and technological progress, listed as one of the first batch of new national urbanization comprehensive pilot areas, selected as the fifth national civilized cities, was elected to the top 100 counties of China's industry, within the territory of the Anping Bridge, Cao'an, the seabed of the ancient forests Ruins, Longshan Temple and other tourist attractions.
In 2023, Jinjiang City's GDP was 336.350 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 6.5% at constant prices.