During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), Fujian province has witnessed great changes in its urban and rural areas where local residents are enjoying convenient infrastructure facilities, enabling them to live comfortable lives. 

Fujian has allocated more than 1 trillion yuan ($156.9 billion) in urban and rural infrastructure construction over the past five years.

Fuzhou and Xiamen opened their first metro lines in 2016 and 2017 respectively, the first metro services in the province.

Fujian has also constructed and repaired 7,400 kilometers in urban roads, as well as added nearly 200,000 public parking spaces in urban and rural areas.

The province has also worked on promoting the construction of parks in cities to form an ecological environment where human beings and nature live harmoniously.

The newly-built Sanjiangkou Ecological Park in Fuzhou exemplifies the province's achievements. Opened on Sept 30, the park attracted over 137,000 visits during the seven-day National Day holiday. 

The green space area in cities and counties in the province was 89,400 hectares, a 21.59 percent increase. The vegetation coverage rate in the province ranked third in the country.

Fujian is also committed to improving urban and rural living conditions. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, 700,000 households who used to live in shanty towns and old residential areas moved into new houses, while 280,000 households with difficulties moved into public rental houses.