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 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 452 billion yuan 800，000 people benefits from the tea industry The ine from the tea leaves covers 665% of the average ine of the farming population Anxi has an Anxi Tea Factory， the largest Oolong Tea refinery in ， and Tea Capital，the largest tea wholesale marketplace in 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 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

Anxi is the major homeland of overseas Chinese and ancestral home of patriots in Taiwan There are 3 million overseas Chinese and patriots in Hongkong， Macao and Taiwan， among which 2 million patriots account for nearly one-tenth of the total population of Taiwan

The basic petitive abilities of intra-county economy of Anxi is strengthened remarkably In the year of 2005， the Gross Domestics Production of Anxi was 155 billion yuan ，which was 196 times as much as that in 2000 The fiscal revenue and the local fiscal revenue reached 0962 billion yuan and 048 billion yuan，respectively ， 295 and 21 times as much as that in 2000 The basic petitive abilities of intra-county economy of Anxi ranks among the top 100 counties of 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

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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 ， 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 bee 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 216 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 95:493:412

The living environment is continuously optimized The county proper has an area of 15 km2 with a population of 130，000 With forest coverage reaching nearly 70%，the county， which is the sources of Jinjiang River， is endowed with clear waters， green mountains and fresh air The public greenbelt per capita 89 square metres and 30 percent of the city center is urbanized

With plete infrastructures， strong industrial supporting capacity ，abundant labor forces and a great potential for development， the Anxi Government has actively promote of export-oriented economy in the hope that modern society in Anxi can be attained