Political, economic, historical, geographical and cultural contents of Taiwan Province Province.

Taiwan Province Province is located on the continental shelf along the southeast coast of Chinese mainland, between east longitude 1 19 18' 03 "and north latitude 124 34' 30". Taiwan Province Province is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the east and the Ryukyu Islands in the northeast, about 600 kilometers apart; South of bashi channel, about 300 kilometers away from the Philippines; It faces Fujian across the Taiwan Province Strait in the west, with the narrowest point 130 km. Taiwan Province Province is the center of the western Pacific waterway and an important transportation hub for maritime links among countries in the Pacific region.

According to the statistics of Taiwan Province Province, as of August 1998, the population of Taiwan Province Province was more than 2 18 10000, and the population of Jinmen and Mazu, the total was more than 2 1860000. The annual population growth rate is about 7.3 1%. The population is mainly concentrated in the western plain, and the population in the east accounts for only 4% of the total population. The average population density is 568.83 people per square kilometer, and the population density of Taipei, the political, economic and cultural center and the largest city, has reached 10000 people per square kilometer.

Among the residents in Taiwan Province Province, the Han nationality accounts for about 98% of the total population; Ethnic minorities account for 2%, about 380,000 people. According to different languages and customs, the ethnic minorities in Taiwan Province Province are divided into 9 ethnic groups, including Ami, Atayal, paiwan, Bunun, Beinan, Rukai, Cao, Yami and Yi, and live in different areas of Taiwan Province Province.

In terms of administrative divisions, Taiwan Province Province governs five provincial cities, namely Keelung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi and Tainan, and 16 counties, including Taipei, Yilan, Taoyuan, Hsinchu Miaoli, Taichung, Changhua, Nantou, Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Taitung, Hualien and Penghu. Taiwan Province provincial authorities designated Taibei in 1967 and Kaohsiung in 1979 as "the city under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan". In addition, there is a so-called "Fujian Provincial Government" which governs Jinmen and Lianjiang (Mazu) counties.

Xiamen and Taiwan Province Province, facing each other across the sea, have a superior geographical position and a good deep-water port. Xiamen has been known as the "southeast gateway" since ancient times. Since the Song Dynasty, Xiamen and Taiwan Province Province belong to the same administrative unit, and mainland immigrants began to move from Xiamen to Taiwan Province Province. Similar geographical location, climatic conditions and living habits have communicated the close relationship and contacts between Xiamen and the people of Taiwan Province Province. As the Taiwan Provincial Government Records said, "Taiwan Province and Xiamen are like two wings of a bird, and local customs say that Xiamen is Taiwan Province and Taiwan Province is Xiamen". 70% of Taiwan Province people's ancestral home comes from southern Fujian, and the people of the two places are like brothers. This special geographical and historical relationship makes Xiamen a transit point and traffic artery for all kinds of exchanges with Taiwan Province Province, and also a concentrated place for economic and trade exchanges.