The Fujian Provincial Government is the nominal government of the streamlined Fujian Province of the Republic of China. Founded in 1927 in the mainland portion of Fujian, it was evacuated to

Kinmen Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from wh ...

in 1949. Since 2018, it has been superseded and its duties have been transferred to the Kinmen-Matsu Joint Services Center, the National Development Council and other ministries of the

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History

The Fujian Provincial Government was founded in 1927 by the

Nationalist government The Nationalist government, officially the National Government of the Republic of China, refers to the government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China from 1 July 1925 to 20 May 1948, led by the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT ...

Fuzhou Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...

(Foochow). Some parts of the province was under the control of either the Chinese Soviet Republic or the Fujian People's Government. The provincial government was relocated to Yong'an County in 1938 after the Japanese

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occupied the capital Fuzhou during the

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. After the conclusion of the war, the Fujian provincial government moved back to Fuzhou in 1945. However, the late stages of the

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forced the government to relocate to

County in 1949 while the Communists founded the People's Republic of China. The central government has imposed martial law and Kinmen became a militarized zone causing the provincial government to relocate to Xindian Township,

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within

Taiwan Province Taiwan Province ( zh, t=臺灣省 , p=Táiwān Shěng , poj=Tâi-oân-séng; PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a ''de jure'' administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Provinces remain a titular division as ...

in 1956. With the end of martial law, Kinmen became demilitarized in 1992 and on 15 January 1996, the provincial government moved back to Kinmen County. On 1 July 2018, by a resolution passed during the 3606th meeting of the Executive Yuan, all the remaining duties were transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the

. The transformation were scheduled to be done before the end of the year 2018. However, the government will keep the position of Governor of Fujian Province to comply with the requirement set by the Additional Articles of the Constitution.

Government structure

The only official who served in the provincial government was the Governor of Fujian Province (also called the Chairperson of the Fujian Provincial Government). The Governor was usually also a

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. The provincial government was left with no physical building or office space after all of its functionalities were handed over to the

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in 2018. Historically, the provincial government was located in

from 1927 to 1938 and 1945 to present ''de jure''; Yong'an from 1938 to 1945 during the Japanese occupation, Jincheng,

from 1949 to 1956, in Xindian,

from 1956 to January 1996 and in Jincheng,

again from January 1996 to 2018. Fujian Provincial Government 20150102

Governor of Fujian Province

The Governor of Fujian Province is the Chairperson of the Fujian Provincial Government.

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