Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

Province: FujianFuzhou                               University Ranking: 1507

About University

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU)

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) is positioned in Fuzhou of China, the capital town of Fujian province on the seaside of the Pacific Ocean with picturesque scenery and prosperous history and culture. The University has been honored as one of China’s model companies of non secular civilization, one of China’s mannequin “green” employers and one of China’s most employee-friendly organizations,with its beautiful and environmentally-friendly campus. Jointly subsidized by way of the Ministry of Agriculture,Fujian Provincial Government, Fujian Agriculture,State Forestry Administration and Forestry University (FAFU) will become one of the 3 high-level provincial universities built as key ones by way of Fujian Provincial Government and the solely greater education institution in Fujian specializing in this field. Over the years it has made enormous achievements in the fields of teaching, social services,  technological innovation and global cooperation.

1.History

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) is a main greater training group in Fujian province with a 76-year history. Its records can be traced returned to Agricultural Department of Fukien Christian College established in 1936 and Fujian Provincial Agriculture College founded in 1940.The University used to be renamed as FAFU after the merger of Fujian Forestry College and Fujian Agriculture University in 2000. Over seventy eight years due to the fact that its establishment, some 160 thousand students have graduated, and over 10 CAS academicians have labored or studied here. The university is amongst the first crew of Chinese universities to provide master’s tiers and the 2d team to grant doctoral degrees. In addition, FAFU has been rated “A” in phrases of undergraduate instructing through the Ministry of Education. Presently, the university is home to some 30 thousand students, 4,500 of whom are in their graduate studies.

2.Discipline and programs

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University now ranks second among the country’s provincial agricultural and forestry universities, boasting 2 national and 3 ministerial key disciplinaries, eleven doctoral and 23 master’s packages of first-grade disciplines, and 11 post-doctoral research stations,in terms of disciplinary numbers. FAFU incorporates 23 colleges, 72 undergraduate majors covering ten challenge areas in science, engineering, agriculture, economics, management, humanities, law, and medicine. In the third round of nationwide disciplinary assessment carried out through the Ministry of Education, FAFU has 1 discipline ranked among the international locations top 5, four among the pinnacle 10, and 8 amongst the pinnacle 20, taking up a common of 50 percent of all leading disciplines in Fujian province.

3.Academic facilities and Scientific research

With over 320 hectares of land, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University now boasts 4 stunning campuses in northern, central, and southern Fujian province (Jinshan, Nanping, University City and Anxi). It additionally owns some seventy nine hectares of regular exercise educating bases and 3060 hectares of instructing forestry farms. FAFU has been successively honored as “National Civilized Unit” and “National Greening Exemplar Unit”. With its cosy environment and picturesque scenery, FAFU has been recognised as one of the “most beautiful universities in China”

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) owns seventy five provincial and national innovative platforms, 3 of which are country wide engineering research centers. The university also ranks first in Fujian in receiving country wide lookup funding and 2d in receiving provincial or ministerial grants. With these support, FAFU has been main the us of a in lookup in sugarcane, bee, fiber crops, bio pesticide, and cedar wood. Its research group efficaciously decoded the genome of the diamondback moth, and it is also the birthplace of international JUNCAO technology. FAFU is also the first college of Fujian province to submit top notch lookup papers in key global journals. Altogether some 672 lookup findings have acquired provincial or country wide scientific and technological awards, 28 of which are entitled to China’s pinnacle three research awards.

4.Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Achievement

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University so some distance has set up a hundred and sixty national experimental or training packages to improve students’ progressive abilities, and gained 443 provincial or greater awards in college student innovation competitions. FAFU leads other Fujian-based universities particularly in the branch of extracurricular scientific things to do of the National College Student Challenger Cup of Science & Technology competition. Among students in provincial universities, FAFU college students have acquired the most funding from provincial or higher organizations for their progressive packages for two consecutive years.

For eleven consecutive years FAFU has been attending the China-Fujian Technology & Projects Fair and ranked first in phrases of venture matchmaking and receiving grants. Its JUNCAO technological know-how has been promoted in over 80 countries, and 85 percent of China’s sugarcane cultivation makes use of sorts developed by using FAFU. The university is also main the usa in terms of bast fiber crops, candy potato and peanut breeding. 2/3 types of country’s bast fiber vegetation covering 1/2 of its planting areas have been bred through FAFU, and the most extensively cultivated varieties of candy potato and peanut had been also bred by FAFU. One 0.33 of the active compound in the country’s BT Bio-pesticides production was once realized by using FAFU, and account for 50% of the country’s export market. In addition, FAFU has educated over 85 percent of the country’s bee professionals and built the largest and most complete repository of edible fungi of China.

5.Communication and worldwide cooperation

In latest years, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University has stepped up its efforts in becoming an internationally identified institution of higher education. It is entitled to the Chinese Government Scholarship Program, and has mounted the world’s 2d Confucius Institute presenting agriculture in Durban, South Africa. The university has constructed friendships with over 50 lookup institutes in more than 20 international locations and regions. Together with Dalhousie University and the University of British Columbia, FAFU has hooked up two undergraduate training applications in Horticulture and Resource and Environmental Science and one in Ecology, respectively; In addition, over the years the university has welcomed a giant quantity of foreign places college students from 30 international locations such as the US, Canada, Sudan, and Thailand, etc., and the heads of states from Papua New Guinea, Guyana, Cambodia, and South Africa have successively visited FAFU.

University's Program Types

Non-degree

Bachelors-Program

Masters-Program

Doctoral-Program

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ),

What is the world ranking of this University?

The Country rank of this University is 188 and the world rank is 1507.

Does Chinese universities provide programs in English?

YES, Chinese Universities provide programs in English. International Students can pursue their degrees in English taught in Chinese Universities.

Do I need to take an IELTS or TOEFL exam before applying in this University?

No, Students don’t need the IELTS or TOEFL certification for getting admitted to this University but for applying Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) sometimes students are asked for the IELTS certificate.

What Documents do I need to apply for this University?

The primary documents a student need for applying this University are Notary stamped scan copies of the last Academic degree certificate and testimonial, Passport, Police Clearance Certificate and Medical Certificate.

When my offer letter come after applying this University?

Usually, It takes 4 to 8 weeks to come to an offer letter from any Chinese Universities after applying.

University's other Information

Notice

Admission is going on for March & September Intake. Interested students are invited to apply. Both semesters are open for Diploma, Bachelor, Post-Graduates, and Doctoral program.

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Status

Scholarships 30%
Result Status 80%
Foreign Students 45%
Positive Reviews 80%
University Ranking 85%

All Programs

 Bachelor  Program:

Bachelor-Program Course Duration Starting Date Tuition Fee / Year Language
Rural Regional Development 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Agronomy 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Seed Science & Engineering 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Forestry 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Land Resource Management 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Environmental Engineering 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Agricultural Resources & Environment 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Horticulture 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Tea Science 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Farm Facilities Science & Engineering 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Animal Science 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Animal Medical Science 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Bee Science 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Bioscience 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Biotechnology 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Bioinformatics 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Bioengineering 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Human Resources Management 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Mechanical Design and Manufacture & Automation 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Business Management 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
International Economy and Trade 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Accounting 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Finance 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Tourism Management 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Management of Farming & Forestry Economy 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Culture Industry Management 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Administrative Management 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Food Science and Engineering 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Wood Science and Engineering 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Chemical Engineering for Light Industries 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Chemical Engineering and Technology 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Forest Engineering 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Landscape Architecture 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Art Designing 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Animation 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese
Science of Advertisement 4 years September ¥18000 Chinese

Master-Program

Master-Program Course Duration Starting Date Tuition Fee / Year Language
Crop Cultivation and Farming System 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Crop Genetics and Breeding 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Seed Science and Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Forestry 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Biotechnology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Sustainable Development and Promotion 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Multifunctional Industry 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Promology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Tea Science 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Olericulture 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Floral and Landscape Horticulture 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Biology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Genetics 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Cytobiology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Bioinformatic Science & Technology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Botany 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Zoology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Microbiology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Ecology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Resources & Environment 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Forestry Economics and Management 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Tourism Management 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Economics and Management 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Enterprise Management 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Population, Resource and Environmental Economics 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Mechanical Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Food Science and Engineering(Sugar Engineering) 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Forest Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Plant Pathology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Pesticide Science 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Crop Cultivation and Farming System 3 years September ¥23000 English
Crop Genetics and Breeding 3 years September ¥23000 English
Forestry 3 years September ¥23000 English
Promology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Tea Science 3 years September ¥23000 English
Genetics 3 years September ¥23000 English
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Bioinformatic Science & Technology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Botany 3 years September ¥23000 English
Zoology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Microbiology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Ecology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Agricultural Resources & Environment 3 years September ¥23000 English
Forestry Economics and Management 3 years September ¥23000 English
Food Science and Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 English
Forest Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 English
Plant Pathology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control 3 years September ¥23000 English
Pesticide Science 3 years September ¥23000 English

Doctor-Program

Doctor-Program Course Duration Starting Date Tuition Fee / Year Language
Crop Cultivation and Farming System 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Crop Genetics and Breeding 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Seed Science and Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Forestry 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Biotechnology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Sustainable Development and Promotion 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Multifunctional Industry 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Promology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Tea Science 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Olericulture 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Floral and Landscape Horticulture 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Biology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Genetics 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Cytobiology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Bioinformatic Science & Technology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Botany 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Zoology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Microbiology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Ecology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Resources & Environment 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Forestry Economics and Management 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Economics and Management 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Business Management 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Food Science and Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Forest Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Plant Pathology 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Pesticide Science 3 years September ¥23000 Chinese
Crop Cultivation and Farming System 3 years September ¥23000 English
Crop Genetics and Breeding 3 years September ¥23000 English
Forestry 3 years September ¥23000 English
Promology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Tea Science 3 years September ¥23000 English
Genetics 3 years September ¥23000 English
Cytobiology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Bioinformatic Science & Technology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Botany 3 years September ¥23000 English
Zoology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Microbiology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Ecology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Agricultural Resources & Environment 3 years September ¥23000 English
Forestry Economics and Management 3 years September ¥23000 English
Food Science and Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 English
Forest Engineering 3 years September ¥23000 English
Plant Pathology 3 years September ¥23000 English
Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control 3 years September ¥23000 English
Pesticide Science 3 years September ¥23000 English

Fees Details

Expenses in Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

1. Tuition Fee:

  • Master Degree: 25,000 RMB
  • Doctoral Degree: 28,000 RMB

2. Service Fee: USD 50

Others expenses are listed as below

1. Physical Examination Fee: 490 RMB

2. Hostel Fee:

  • Single Room: 4400 RMB\Year
  • Double Room: 2200 RMB\Year 

3. Living Cost: RMB 1,000 to RMB 2,000 Per Month

4. Food Cost: Reference cost 150 USD/Month

After you are admitted, we will inform you via email for your confirmation of acceptance. Afterward, we will issue the admission letter, JW201/202 Form for visa application. If you wish to live on campus, please complete the Housing Application form.

Prepare Your Departure:

Before your departure, be sure to take the following materials:

(1) The Admission Letter

(2) Passport (valid for at least 6 months).

(3) JW201/202 Form

(4) Official Foreigner Physical Examination Form and your blood test report.

Be aware that the orientation is mandatory for freshman students.

Admission Procedure

Apply for a course in a Chinese University is very easy.  Students just have to follow some steps to apply for their favorite course. In order to help students complete their online application, International students are recommended to follow the following simple instructions. International applicants must provide the following documents to apply:

1. Application Form fills in Chinese or in English.

2. Passport & Passport Size Photo (Scan copy of the applicant’s )

3. Transcripts & Certificates  (Must be Notarized Copy )

For Bachelor Degree applicants, they need to only provide high school transcripts and certificates. And for Master Degree applicants, they need to  show their undergraduate transcripts and certificates.  Applicants for Doctorate Degree have to provide their both (undergraduate and graduate) transcripts and certificates. 

  • All the applicants degree (Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate) transcripts and certificates should be notarized and language should be in Chinese or English version.

4. English Proficiency Certificate

In China, some universities does not asked IELTS but if you study in Chinese Taught for CSC scholarship, English Proficiency Certificate need to have ready. If you have IELTS already then you are lucky to study in China without delay.

5. CV/Resume

Applicants must have to make their CV if you want to study abroad in your desired country. In your Resume or CV, there have to be your academic qualifications with results, personal details (name, date of birth, marital status, national Id or school Id, physical address, contact no, nationality, language, etc), reference from your institution’s faculty (his/her name, address and designation), personal achievement, etc. To know how to make a standard CV please click here the sample of The Resume.

6. Study Plan or Research Proposal

Applicants for graduate studies need a study plan or research proposal in Chinese or in English (no less than 800 words). This document required only for Ms or PhD applicants.

7. Recommendation Letter

Applicants for all graduate studies need two letters of recommendation from full professors or associate professors (in Chinese or English). Letters must be include professors’ phone number and email address. Here is the sample of Recommendation Letter

8. Published Academic Papers or Other Academic Achievements (if  applicable).

9. Foreign Physical Examination

Applicants are expected to keep the original copies filled in English. The medical examination must cover all the items listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. Incomplete records or those without the signature of the attending physician, the official stamp of the hospital or a sealed photograph of the applicants are invalid. Medical examination results will be valid for 6 months. All applicants are kindly requested to take this factor into consideration as they plan to take the medical examination. Click here to collect Foreigner Physical Examination Form

10. Bank Statement 

Bank statements must show to any foreign country for the purpose of a visitor or a business or an immigrants. For the study purpose in foreign countries also need to show bank statement. So dear applicants, you will need to have ready your all documents. Sponsorship can be your parents or anyone whom are your blood related.

11. Police Verification (No Criminal Record)

This is also need to have ready for the study purpose. It is important because foreign country does not allow criminal record. A Police Clearance Certificate is an official document approved  by the police or government agencies in order to prove that the applicant has no criminal offense against him/her like arrest, conviction. For this you need to provide your Police Clearance Certificate. A Police Certificate is also known as good citizen certificate. See the sample of  Police clearance Certificate.

Please send us all these documents at yc_chinaeducation@163.com. 

Dear applicants, If you have more queries please don’t hesitate to knock our consultants . Here is our  Consultant’s contact number : / 18852867225.

Scholarship Information

Scholarships in Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China for International Student

Fujian  Government Scholarships 

The authorities of Fujian Province is providing scholarships for international students (non-Chinese citizens). Scholarships will be awarded for undergraduate packages or lengthy term language, master’s programs, doctoral programs, ordinary student applications and senior scholar packages at Fujian Universities. Applicants should now not be awardees of Chinese authorities scholarships at the identical time. Applicants  meet the language requirements of higher schooling institutions. 

1. Eligibility:

a) Applicants should be non-Chinese citizens and be in good health.

b) Applicants for undergraduate programs or long term language must have a senior high school diploma and are under the age of 30.

c) Applicants for master’s degree programs must have a bachelor’s degree and be under the age of 35.

d) Applicants for doctoral degree programs must have a master’s degree and be under the age of 40.

2. Application materials: 

a) Application Form 

b) Notarized scan copy of highest diploma: Applicants shall also provide proof of studying on application.

c) Scan copy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form. 

d) Scan copy of a study plan (400 words or above) or research plan (800 words or above).

e) Applicants for music and art are requested to submit the applicants’ own digital works.

f) Students under age 18 should submit relevant legal documents from their guardians.

Why choose us?

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) is a multidisciplinary university designed by merging Fujian Agricultural University and Fujian Forestry College. The university inherits prosperous tutorial lifestyle from a lineage of extraordinary predecessor institutions which include Agricultural College of Fukien Christian University (founded in 1936) and Fukien Provincial Agricultural College (founded in 1940). Its primary campus is located in the west suburb of Fuzhou and its branch campus is in Nanping City. FAFU covers a place of extra than 190 hectares with 710000 square meters of ground space.

In the university, there are three postdoctoral research centers,1 countrywide key disciplines ,1 country wide middle for lookup and non-public education in science, 2 degree-conferring packages for doctorate in the first degree discipline; 23 for doctorate in the 2d degree disciplines; fifty one for masters; 3 key disciplines identified and supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, and 15 provincial key disciplines. Besides, there are 19 colleges, with 62 disciplines for undergraduates, 29 for professional coaching and 54 for grownup education.

Of the whole enrollment of 28000 students, there are 1800 graduates for master degree and Ph.D, 20000 undergraduates and college students for expert training, and 6700 students for grownup education. FAFU has a faculty and group of workers of 2200 people, and of the 1300 teachers, there are 550 professors and accomplice professors (or lookup and companion research professors), which includes 1 academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3 contributors of Disciplinary Appraisal Panel of Academic Degree Appraisal Committee under the State Council, 9 nation young and middle-aged professionals with outstanding contributions, 6 chosen candidates for the countrywide “Project for the Cultivation of Tens of Millions of Talents”, 30 provincial outstanding experts, 359 doctoral and masters supervisors, and 112 specialists with the one-of-a-kind government allowances awarded via the State Council.
FAFU has set up 51 lookup institutes. The National Quarantine Station for Sugarcane Variety Introduction, Cane Sugar Inspection Center of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetics and Breeding underneath the Ministry of Agriculture, Fujian Entomological Ecology Key Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Plant Virology of Fujian Province, Fujian Provincial Training and Popularization Center of Agricultural Science and Technology, Fujian Chinese Fir Research Center and Fujian Bamboo Research Center have also been set up in the university. Each year, over 200 country wide and provincial scientific research initiatives are undertaken, and in view that 1978, over 600 achievements have been attained, over 400 of them have been awarded national, ministry or provincial prizes of Scientific and Technological Achievements. Most of these achievements have become into productive forces and large social and financial benefits have been achieved. The scientific and Technological Development Corporation of FAFU has the strength to have interaction in import and export trade, and is one of the first 25 high-tech organisations granted by using Fujian Provincial Government.

FAFU has established tutorial exchanges and cooperative relationships with universities and research institutes in more than 20 countries and areas such as USA, Britain, Germany, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium and Thailand, and has pleasant ties with University of California, Yale University and Oregon State University in the USA, North Wales University in Britain, Louvain University in Belgium, University of Canterbury in New Zealand, Monash University in Australia, University of New Brunswick, Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Canada, Kasetsart University in Thailand, Agricultural University of Malaysia as nicely as Taiwan University. The journal of the college is issued at home and abroad, and except that, Sugarcane, Wuyi Science Journal, The East China Entomology Journal, Problems of Forestry Economics, and Theory and Practice on Forestry Higher Learning are additionally the publications of the university.

The college pays outstanding interest to the Party building and Ideological and Political Work as properly as the development of spiritual civilization. It aims to improve campus life and foster a harmonious campus lifestyles for students. Thus, the college has been awarded the honorary titles of “National Advan-ced Grass-roots Party Organization,” “Advanced Unit for Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work of the National Teaching System,” “Fujian’s Advanced Grass-roots Party Organization” “Fujian’s Civilized School ”(3 consecutive times), “Advanced College of Fujian’s Party Building and Ideological and Politi-cal Work” (2 consecutive times), “Fujian’s Green School ,” and “Fujian’s Safe Campus ” .

In accordance with its development, carrying ahead the spirit of the seventeenth Party Congress, FAFU strives for an innovative, open, harmonious, safe, honest, energy saving, digital and eco-friendly cam-pus with brain cultivation, discipline construction, and the disciplinary platform and base building as its focus. By 2015, FAFU will genuinely have grew to become itself into the base for the cultivation of innovative talents, hooked up itself as an advanced college in the equal home stage with coordinating development, complete power and the whole training fantastic to furnish adequate intellectual assist and brain assurance for constructing an exceptional province, the building of West Coast Economic Zone of Taiwan Straits and that of new socialist countryside.