Yesterday, from the Quanzhou Municipal Bureau of statistics, the people of the Quanzhou Municipal Bureau of Statistics said that since the reform and opening up, the people of Quanzhou have taken full advantage of the supporting reform pilot cities and the advantages of overseas Chinese, seize the opportunity, seize the center, forge ahead and make pioneering efforts to promote sustained, rapid and healthy development of the national economy and social undertakings. The comprehensive economic strength has significantly enhanced and created a new brilliance of Quanzhou's development history. In 1978, the gross domestic product of Quanzhou reached 228 billion 370 million yuan, at a comparable price, 112 times that of 1978, with an average annual increase of 17.7%; the per capita gross domestic product increased from 171 yuan in 1978 to 29601 yuan in 2007, with an average annual increase of 15.6%%; the total fiscal revenue increased from 80 million yuan in 1978 to 22 billion 506 million yuan in 2007, with an average annual increase of 21.5%.