| Jinjiang 晋江 |
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| — County-level city — | |
| 晋江市 | |
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Jinjiang
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture | Quanzhou |
| city seat | Luoshan (罗山街道) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 721.7 km2 (278.6 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,024,331 |
| • Density | 1,419.3/km2 (3,676/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 362200 |
| Area code(s) | 0595 |
| Website | http://www.jinjiang.gov.cn/ |
Jinjiang City (simplified Chinese: 晋江; traditional Chinese: 晉江; pinyin: Jìnjiāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chìn-kang) is a county-level city of Quanzhou Municipality in Fujian. It is located in the southeastern part of the province, on the right or south bank of the Jin River, across from Quanzhou's urban district of Fengze. Jinjiang city also borders the Taiwan Strait of the East China Sea to the south, and Quanzhou's other county-cities of Shishi and Nan'an to the east and west, respectively. It has an area of 721.7 square kilometers and a population of 1,024,331 as of 2003.[1]
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Jinjiang has 6 subdistricts and 13 towns:
Jinjiang is known for the large number of foreign-invested factories which operate there, especially clothing and name-brand footwear.Many migrant laborers come from around and even outside the province to commit themselves to year-long contracts.
Jinjiang people speak the Quanzhou variant of Minnan dialect which is largely intelligible to speakers of the Xiamen/Zhangzhou variant (spoken by most Taiwanese). As in many parts of China, most Jinjiang people can use Putonghua (Mandarin) to communicate with non-local people in commercial and other daily interactions.
Jinjiang is the site of the Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport, a gift from Lai Changxing (see below). The facility is of international standard but is kept domestic because the province has been allotted only two international airports, one in the capital Fuzhou and one in nearby Xiamen.
Jinjiang Station of Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway is located 14 km away from the center of the city.
Jinjiang's most infamous son is undoubtedly Lai Changxing who has been described by the official Xinhua news agency as "China's most wanted fugitive". Lai was a major player in the Xiamen-centred Yuanhua corruption and smuggling scandal which broke in 1999. Tipped off by China's central police leadership, Lai fled to Canada on fake Hong Kong SAR documents with his wife Zeng (often Tsang) Mingna and their children. He was eventually detained on Canadian immigration charges and put under house arrest at his home in Burnaby, British Columbia.
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