Fuding City (Chinese: 福鼎市; pinyin: Fúdǐngshì) is a county-level city in northeastern Ningde prefecture level city, on Fujian's border with Zhejiang province.[1]
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Fuding county was established during the Qing Dynasty in 1739 AD.[1]
Fuding was promoted to county-level city status in 1995. With a population of over half a million, the city oversees 3 street committees, 1 development zone, 10 towns and 3 townships, of which one is zoned Affirmative action-like for the city's native She people. [1]
The city is mountainous and has a good deal of seacoast. FuAn City lies to the west and Xiapu County to the south. North and east lie counties in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. Territorial area is 1,526 km² (or 14 957.7 km², including seawater). [1]
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Fuding City is located in the strategic region between north east Fujian province and southern Zhejiang province. The main road No. 104 pass through Fuding city. Fuding City is also home to the deep sea port Shacheng. The port enables large ships to come to Shacheng port which in turn lead to increase economic activity and trade.
On September, 28, 2009, the opening of the full-line of Wenfu High Speed Railway makes the transporting and traveling condition more convenient. Wenfu and Yongtaiwen High Speed Railway cut the travel time of Fuding-Fuzhou to 1.5h, Fuding-Wenzhou to 0.5h and Fuding-Shanghai to 5h.
The Taimu mountains are one of the more famous tourist spots. It has many high mountains, rivers and parks. It is known as the "Paradise at Sea" for its steep mountains, spectacular rock formations, secluded caves and foggy climate.
Yushan Island is a small tourist island that has rolling grassland and beautiful views of hills and lakes. It is sometimes refer to as the "Heavenly Mountain in South China".
Fuding Official website (Chinese)
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