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Also known as: Fu-chien, Fukien
Written by
Victor C. Falkenheim
Emeritus Professor and Former Chairman, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto. Editor of Citizens and Groups in Contemporary China.
Victor C. Falkenheim,
Frederick Fu Hung
Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Guelph, Ontario. Author of a geography series for schools (in Chinese) and others.
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Constitutional framework

Within provincial jurisdiction, there are nine prefecture-level municipalities (dijishi). Below that level are districts under a municipality (shixiaqu), counties (xian), and county-level municipalities (xianjishi).

Health and welfare

Public health has improved considerably since the establishment of the People’s Republic, and malnutrition, once a serious problem, has been eliminated. Health care facilities have improved considerably with the growth of the province’s economy.

Education

One of the most notable institutions of higher learning in Fujian is Xiamen University. Fuzhou, renowned since the Song dynasty as a cultural centre, is the site of Fuzhou University, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fujian Teachers University, and the Fujian Institute of Epidemiology of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Illiteracy has generally been eliminated among those citizens born since 1950.