Natural Resources Bounded by the sea and backed up by mountains,Fujian is richly endowed with mineral,marine,hydroelectric and forestry resources.The forest coverage reaches 60.5%,ranking first in China. Dozens of mineral deposits have been found. 12 of them including quartz sand, pyrophyllite,granite,kaolin,limestone, barite,fluorite,alumstone and tungsten place fifth in the country in terms of proven reserves.In addition,iron,manganese, niobium,tantalum and coal also constitute Fujian's major minerals.Natural Resources Bounded by the sea and backed up by mountains, Fujian is richly endowed with mineral, marine, hydroelectric and forestry resources. The forest coverage reaches 60.5%, ranking first in China. Dozens of mineral deposits have been found. 12 of them including quartz sand, pyrophyllite, granite, kaolin, limestone, barite, fluorite, alumstone and tungsten place fifth in the country in terms of proven reserves. In addition, iron, manganese, niobium, tantalum and coal also constitute Fujian’s major minerals