Geographically,Fujian has a very important strategic position.It is situated on the southeast coast of the Chinese mainland,facing Taiwan across the narrow Straits and near Hong Kong and Macao.In the past 30 odd years,Fujian has undergone historic changes from a poor and self-closed province to an open and prosperous one.Decisive steps have been taken in reforms and notable achievements have been made in opening up to the outside world.The past decades have seen steady and fast increase in national economy, breakthroughs in construction of infrastructure, progress in all its social undertakings and accomplishment in the promotion of socialist ethical and cultural progress as well as the building of socialist democracy and legal system.The province is now hailing a new period (good time)of fast growth in the economic strength and social productivity as well as improvement of people's living standard.Geographically, Fujian has a very important strategic position. It is situated on the southeast coast of the Chinese mainland, facing Taiwan across the narrow Straits and near Hong Kong and Macao. In the past 30 odd years, Fujian has undergone historic changes from a poor and self-closed province to an open and prosperous one. Decisive steps have been taken in reforms and notable achievements have been made in opening up to the outside world. The past decades have seen steady and fast increase in national economy, breakthroughs in construction of infrastructure, progress in all its social undertakings and accomplishment in the promotion of socialist ethical and cultural progress as well as the building of socialist democracy and legal system. The province is now hailing a new period (good time) of fast growth in the economic strength and social productivity as well as improvement of people’s living standard