Which one of Quanzhou and Xiamen has stronger economic strength and better prospects?

NO.1 Xiamen: A warm and open port tourist city In China, maybe people don’t know Fuzhou, but they definitely know Xiamen. This is not to say that Fuzhou is bad, but that Xiamen’s reputation is too overwhelming. At a time when Chinese people had not yet solved basic food and clothing problems and were still curious about the changes in the outside world, Xiamen was the birthplace of new ideas in people's minds, the forefront of reform and opening up, and one of China's four "special economic zones", or in other words , where there is also a coveted nationally renowned university.

When China enters a moderately prosperous society and people pay more attention to the quality of life and leisure, Xiamen has become a yearning for a new life for the Chinese people, because there are blue seas, blue skies, beaches, and Sunlight Rock, Huli Mountain, and the lingering sound of piano drifting in the wind; because this city is the highest level E level in the 2002 "International Garden City", a domestic city has never won the "first place" in this honor, so it can be In this way, Xiamen is the most warm and romantic open port tourism capital in China and even the world.

The Port Tourism City is Xiamen’s core competitiveness.

Let’s talk about the seaport first. In 1842, Xiamen was listed as one of the five major trading ports. In recent years, Xiamen Port's Haitian, Xiangyu, Haicang International Container and Dongdu Terminals have competed to open more routes, attracting a large number of internationally renowned shipping companies to join, and the modern loading and unloading equipment of the terminals has been increasingly improved. Today, the container throughput of Xiamen Port has exceeded 1.7 million TEUs, entering the ranks of Asia-Pacific trunk ports ahead of schedule and becoming one of the top 40 trunk ports in the world. Its container throughput increased by nearly 36%, far exceeding the container growth rate of other ports in surrounding areas, and its throughput was 70% of that of Fujian Province.

NO.2 Quanzhou: A prosperous and hard-working capital of the private economy. Compared with Xiamen, which is the Xiamen of the whole country, Quanzhou is more of the Quanzhou of Fujian. In Fujian, if you are an urban white-collar worker, in your daily life, you will inevitably talk about the affluence of Quanzhou people. The streets in many towns and villages in Quanzhou City are filled with high-end cars or other casual cars. In that alley is a four-star hotel, etc. Topic; Of course, if you are a mountain farmer who goes out to work, at the beginning of the year, in most cases, the first long-distance ticket you buy will be to Jinjiang or Shishi in Quanzhou and other economically developed areas.

Why? The reason is very simple. The private economy here is developed and it is the place with the strongest economic strength in Fujian. In 2002, Quanzhou City's GDP took the lead in Fujian Province to break through the 100 billion yuan mark, reaching 122.306 billion yuan, accounting for more than a quarter of the province's total, ranking third among prefecture-level cities in mainland China; Fujian 8 Among the cities and counties that have entered the top 100 counties in the country, five are in Quanzhou, and all the counties and cities under its jurisdiction have entered the top ten economies and top ten in development in Fujian Province.

Over the years, Quanzhou people have carried forward the spirit of "love to fight and dare to win", and the private economy has been highly developed, becoming one of the fastest growing and most dynamic regions in the province and even the country. If a brick is thrown on the street, it may hit four division directors in Fuzhou, four CEOs in Xiamen, and four bosses in Quanzhou, because Quanzhou is the veritable capital of the private economy in Fujian. , I have a factory boss in Quanzhou, it can be said that there are countless people.

Today's Quanzhou private economy is no longer the "grassroots economy" of the past. The private industry has entered a new stage of development, producing a large number of large-scale, competitive and profitable enterprises, and creating It has produced nationally and provincially famous brands such as "Anerle", "Septwolves", "Fuguiniao", "Golden Deer" and "Anta". In 2001, the market share of "ANTA" brand travel shoes reached 14.7%, the market share of "Jiumuwang" brand trousers reached 23.4%, and the market share of "Septwolves" brand jackets reached 15.1%. Also ranking "first" are: Xunxing Group's SBS zipper production ranks first in the country, Hengan Group's "Anerle" sanitary napkins and diapers rank first in the country in terms of production scale, and Benda Cloth Cabinet ranks first among similar products in the country. occupy the first place. In the fiercely competitive sports shoe market, Jinjiang City's "ANTA", "Aile" and "ALID" brand sports shoes are all on the list of Chinese famous brand products, accounting for half of China's famous brand products in the industry. Quanzhou City currently governs 3 cities: Jinjiang, Shishi, and Nan'an; 4 districts: Licheng, Fengze, Luojiang, and Quangang; 5 counties: Hui'an, Anxi, Yongchun, Dehua, and Kinmen (to be unified) and Qingmeng Science and Technology Industry District Management Committee, with a population of 7.28 million (excluding Kinmen County), ranks first among cities in Fujian.

In 2002, the city's local fiscal revenue was 8.088 billion yuan, and it has been at the top of Fujian's fiscal revenue list for many years. In fact, Quanzhou can achieve such great achievements now because its counties and cities have their own unique economic development and have their own core competitiveness that ranks first in the country:

The title of "China's Shoe Capital" At the beginning of Jinjiang City's reform and opening up, it was famous for its "Jinjiang Model" among the four nationally famous models, and its economic development was also booming. Especially from 1993 to 1999 after Comrade Xiaoping's speech during his southern tour, Jinjiang's fiscal revenue increased by 100 million yuan per year. In 2000 and 2001, the net increase was 300 million yuan per year. By 2002, the annual net increase increased to more than 400 million yuan. The revenue has exceeded 2 billion, and its economic strength ranks sixth among the top 100 counties in the country and first in Fujian. In recent years, driven by favorable conditions such as China's accession to the WTO, Jinjiang has indeed become more prominent in the shoemaking industry. It is understood that Jinjiang currently has more than 3,000 shoe production and operation enterprises, employing more than 350,000 people, with an annual output of more than 500 million pairs, an annual output value of 20 billion yuan, and export earnings of 1.2 billion U.S. dollars. The total output of travel sports shoes accounts for 10% of the country's total. 1/4 of the output and 1/8 of the world's output. On average, every 12 people in the world own a pair of Jinjiang shoes, making it an important production base and export base for China and the world's shoe industry. At present, the fiscal revenue of only one county-level city in Jinjiang exceeds the total local fiscal revenue of any one of Ningde, Longyan, Nanping, and Sanming, which shows Jinjiang's economy.

Some people say that on every flight from Tokyo to Xiamen, at least one-third of the guests are stone merchants from Japan, and most of these people are destined for Nan'an. Yes, as the hometown of building materials in China, Nan'an's total output value of the building materials industry, including stone, exceeded 10 billion last year, and it has been ranked among the "top three in Fujian's economic aggregate" for many years.

As one of the famous distribution centers for clothing and raw and auxiliary materials on the southeastern coast of China, Shishi is known for its "overwhelming variety of clothing and business everywhere." The city now has more than 5,000 enterprises in the clothing and supporting industries, with an output value of 9 billion yuan, accounting for 57% of the city's total industrial and agricultural value, and more than 200,000 employees; there are nearly 2,000 registered trademarks focusing on clothing, and clothing in surrounding areas There are nearly 20,000 enterprises, forming a "one-stop" specialized clothing production pattern and industrial cluster from fabrics to ready-made garments, with unique "casual clothing".