Putian City, formerly known as "Xinghua", also known as "Puyang" and "Puxian", is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, which is located in the middle of Fujian Province. The territory is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with a saddle-shaped cross section. It is located at the northern edge of the Tropic of Cancer, bordering the sea in the east, and belongs to a typical subtropical marine monsoon climate; It now governs four districts and one county (Licheng District, Chengxiang District, Hanjiang District, Xiuyu District and Xianyou County), with a land area of 4200 square kilometers and a sea area of 11000 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Putian City was 3210714 million.

Putian has a profound history and is known as "Xinghua" in history. It is known as "Zou Lu on the seashore" and "the famous state of literature". Since the Tang Dynasty, 2482 Jinshi, 21 champion and 17 prime ministers have emerged. The infrastructure is perfect. Meizhou Bay, Xinghua Bay and Pingwan Bay are "surrounded by three bays". Meizhou Bay is a good deep-water port and can build more than 150 berths of 10000 tons or more; Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway and Yongpu Railway run through the whole territory, and the branch line of Meizhou Bay Port Railway is put into use; Fuzhou-Xiamen Expressway, Shenyang-Haihai Double Line, Puyong Expressway and Meizhou-Chongqing Expressway form a "two vertical and two horizontal" pattern. At the same time, Putian has been listed as the first batch of national comprehensive pilot areas of new urbanization and the "three products" strategic demonstration city of consumer goods industry. In October 2020, it was rated as a national model city (county) for mutual support.

In 2021, Putian's GDP reached 288.296 billion yuan, up 6.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous three quarters. The added value of the primary industry was 13.663 billion yuan, up 3.7%; The added value of the secondary industry was 150.648 billion yuan, up 5.7%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 123.985 billion yuan, up 7.4%.