Fuzhou, Jiangxi

Fuzhou () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.

It is located to the south of the provincial capital Nanchang. Its total area is 18,800 km². Its population is 3,700,000 people. It is historically important as the home (specifically Linchuan) of Wang Anshi, the famous reformist prime minister of Song Dynasty, Zeng Gong, an influential scholar and historian of the Song Dynasty, and Tang Xianzu, the great Ming Dynasty dramatist.

Economy

The main industries in the area are food, textiles, food processing and light-modeled cars.

Recent history

• On 23 May 2010, a train traveling from Shanghai to Guilin derailed here due to landslides damaging the track.
• On 26 May 2011, three explosions struck government buildings. Two people were killed and at least six injured in the blasts. The cause of the blasts is being investigated.
  
  

  Administration

  Fuzhou has direct jurisdiction over one district and ten counties:
  
  District (区, qu):
  • Linchuan , the seat of the municipal government, CPC and Public Security bureaux and Intermediate People's Court.
  
  
  Counties (县, xian):
  • Nancheng (南城)
  • Nanfeng (南丰)
  • Lichuan......
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