Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian province, is located in the east of Fujian. When China initiated its reform and opening up drive in the 1980's. Fuzhou became one of the first coastal cities to open up to the outside world.
As a beautiful seaside city located on the southeast coast of China, Xiamen faces Kinmen Islands and lies opposite Taiwan and the Penghu Islands across the Taiwan Straits.
Sanming is a city in central Fujian province. It covers an area of 22,965 square kilometers and as of the year-end of 2017, its population reached 2.57 million.