Quanzhou City, abbreviated as "Quan" or "Carp", prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, located in East China, southeastern Fujian Province, is one of the three major centers of Fujian Province, the north of Fuzhou City, Putian City, south of Xiamen City, east of the island of Taiwan, the west adjacent to Zhangzhou City, Longyan City Sanming City, the terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with mountains and hills accounting for four-fifths of the total land area, with a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, a land area of 11,015 square kilometers (including Kinmen County), and a sea area of 11,360 square kilometers. As of June 2023, the city has four municipal districts, five counties, and three county-level cities. As of the end of 2022, the city had a resident population of 8,879,000 people.
The city has a long history. In the third year of Yong'an of Wu in the Three Kingdoms (260), Dong'an County was set up in Fengzhou Town, present-day Nan'an City. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the war in the Central Plains led to a large number of scholars entering Quan. During the Liang Dynasty (502-519), Nan'an County was set up as the county seat, which was the beginning of the local county and county seat. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou once became the world's largest port. Quanzhou is one of the central cities of the Economic Zone on the West Coast of the Taiwan Straits approved by the People's Government of Fujian Province, a modern industrial and trade port city, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road recognized by the United Nations, a 21st-century Maritime Silk Road pioneer zone included in the national "One Belt, One Road" initiative, and a "World Heritage Site" to be designated in 2021. Cultural Heritage" in 2021. As the starting point of the ancient "Maritime Silk Road", Quanzhou has the permanent right to hold the HaiSi International Art Festival, and is one of the first national historical and cultural cities. It is one of the first national historical and cultural cities, the first East Asian Cultural Capital, a World Heritage city, a national cultural and ecological reserve, a national civilized city and a national health city.
In 2022, the gross regional product of Quanzhou City will be 1,210,297,000,000 Yuan, an increase of 3.5% over the previous year.