A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:

East China's Fujian province's gross domestic product (GDP) made strides by 
jumping over 2 trillion yuan ($279.02 billion), 3 trillion yuan, and 4 trillion 
yuan continuously since 2012, with an average annual growth rate of 8.1 percent.

In 2021, Fujian's GDP reached 4.88 trillion yuan, moving up to the eighth place 
nationwide, its general public budget revenue reached 574.4 billion yuan, 
growing 7.4 percent annually on average, and the per capita disposable income 
of its residents hit 40.659 yuan, ranking seventh nationwide, posting an 
average annual growth rate of 8.5 percent.

Over the past decade, Fujian has stepped up its efforts to boost scientific 
innovation. It is the largest hybrid rice production province in China, and has 
independently cultivated white-feather chicken broilers, and led the nation 
with aquaculture techniques for seafood cultivation. Also, the number of the 
province's high-tech companies exceeded 8,900 in 2021, increasing 4.8 times.

The real economy is a distinguishing development of Fujian. The added value of 
the manufacturing industry accounted for 34.2 percent of the province's total 
GDP.

Fujian has also been enhancing its digital economy, marine economy, green 
economy, and cultural and tourism economy. In 2021, its digital economy's added 
value exceeded 2.3 trillion yuan, accounting for 47.6 percent of the total GDP, 
and its marine economy's gross product exceeded 1.1 trillion yuan.

Over the past 10 years, Fujian has been insisting on coordinated development 
and has achieved more balanced urban and rural development. The province has 
been boosting the integrated development of Xiamen, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou, 
developed the GDPs of Fuzhou and Quanzhou over 1 trillion yuan, and achieved an 
urbanization rate of 69.7 percent.

Fujian stands in the first tier among coastal areas in China for implementing 
opening-up policies. It is also a core area in the routes of the ancient 
maritime Silk Road and today's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Its trade volume 
with countries and regions involved in the BRI increased 8.4 percent annually 
on average, which shows that Fujian is forging ahead on the road to realize 
"buying and selling globally".

Fujian has also made strides in green development, balancing and promoting both 
economic development and environmental protection. With about 3 percent of 
China's population, 1.3 percent of its land and 2.9 percent of its energy 
consumption, Fujian has created 4.3 percent of the nation's total economic 
output.

SOURCE: chinadaily.com.cn