As an open city along the coastal line, Fuzhou was proclaimed a national historical and cultural city by the State Council in 1986.

Located in the alluvial plain of the lower reaches of the Minjiang River in the southeast coastal area and facing the sea to the east, Fuzhou is an ancient city along the southeast coast and an old foreign trade port of China. It was once called as the Metropolis in Southeast China and the City of Treasure and Fortune.