Wuyishan City, a developing tourist city named after the famous mountain in Fujian Province, is located in the north of Fujian Province bordering Jiangxi Province. It covers an area of 2,798 square kilometers with a population of 208,000. The area is endowed with unique tourist resources, having mild climate, beautiful sights and abundant local products, along with a long history and a galaxy of talent and cream of local culture. It is also one of the country's famous production regions of tea, grain and timber and the cradles of Chinese revolution.
Wuyishan City has a long history. Before the Qin (221-206 B.C.) and Han (206 B. C.-A. D. 25) dynasties, the city was under the jurisdiction of the State of Yue, in Southeast China. According to ancient records and archeological evidence, the site of the city was inhabited more than 4,000 years ago. "Boat-shaped Coffins" suspended from cliffs, said to be some 3,800 years old, can still be seen. After Emperor Qin Shihuang conquered Yue,he set up Minzhong Prefecture, and a city on the site of present-day. Wuyishan was founded as a border city. In the fifth year of the Chunhua reign period of the Northern Song Dynasty (994), the area was named Chong'an County, and in the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) Chong'an County came under the jurisdiction of Jianyang Lu. The area became well-known when the leading philosopher Zhu Xi gave lectures in Ching'an, where he resided for some time. In 1989, Chong'an County was re-named Wuyishan City.
Now the city has become the center of culture, tourism and communications and a hot spot for sightseeing and for investment. The strategies of developing the city through environmental protection, tourist economy, science and education have been implemented in an all-round way in the city with the grand goal of becoming an international tourist city in about 15 years.