中国茶都-安溪(china tea capital - anxi)

　　anxi is rich in natural resources. over 20 kinds of minerals have been discovered in anxi,among which the reserves of granite, kaolin,limestone,iron and coal rank top in the province. the county has a hydropower reserve of 370,000 kws with an exploitable capacity of 260,000 kws. anxi is also covered with woodland of more than 2200 km2 and its stock of timber is 2,350,000 cubic metres.

　　anxi has its own characteristic industries. anxi has been entitled as home of chinese oolong tea (one of the famous tea) and home of chinese rattan and iron handicrafts . there are 400,000 mu of tea planation around the county,which produce 42,000 tons of tea leaves,making up 1／2 of the whole nation. it reaches the annual trade volume of 4.52 billion yuan. 800,000 people benefits from the tea industry. the income from the tea leaves covers 66.5% of the average income of the farming population. anxi has an anxi tea factory, the largest oolong tea refinery in china , and china tea capital,the largest tea wholesale marketplace in china.

　　anxi is the largest production and processing base of rattan and iron handicrafts, whose products are exported to over 20 countries and regions including europe, usa,new zealand, japan ,making up over 40% of the whole nation.

　　anxi has a long history and cultural tradition. anxi has a history of more than 1000 years and is renowned as the place of dragon and phoenix (two kinds of imaginary animals in china standing for the most outstanding people). there are 88 cultural relics under the county, municipal ,provincial, state protection ,among which qingshuiyan, confucius" temple, town god" temple are best known. the tea culture in anxi has a long history. the tea culture route to anxi is among the three golden tea culture tourist routes in china.

　　anxi is the major homeland of overseas chinese and ancestral home of compatriots in taiwan. there are 3 million overseas chinese and compatriots in hongkong, macao and taiwan, among which 2 million compatriots account for nearly one-tenth of the total population of taiwan.

　　the basic competitive abilities of intra-county economy of anxi is strengthened remarkably. in the year of 2005, the gross domestics production(gdp) of anxi was 15.5 billion yuan(rmb ) ,which was 1.96 times as much as that in 2000. the fiscal revenue and the local fiscal revenue reached 0.962 billion yuan and 0.48 billion yuan(rmb ),respectively , 2.95 and 2.1 times as much as that in 2000. the basic competitive abilities of intra-county economy of anxi ranks among the top 100 counties of china and its economy strength has continuously ranked ahead of the top 10 counties in fujian province. in 2004,its local fiscal revenue ranks in top 10 places in fujian province. at present, in terms of its aggregate gdp turnout and local fiscal revenue, anxi ranks the 7th and 9th place across the province .

　　the industrial economy is making speedy progress. being the provincial level, anxi economic development zone of fujian province has a total planned area of 60 km2 with 12 km2 for the first phase. several large-scale and high-profit enterprises including wantwant group (one of top 100 enterprises in taiwan), san"an iron and steel co.,ltd and protonic shoe co.,ltd,etc have settled down in the zone. six pillar industries has been formed, which become the backbone of anxi"s industrial system, including tea industry, building materials &metallurgy, rattan & iron handicrafts, garments&shoes, packing&printing, machinery &chemicals. in 2005,the gross industrial output value of anxi was rmb 21.6 billion yuan. anxi will accelerate the process of industrialization and its economic structure with industry as its leading part has taken shape . the ratio of three industries is 9.5:49.3:41.2.