The commendation conference on the construction of spiritual civilization was held in Beijing to grant titles to the latest batch of national civilized cities, villages and townships, units, families and schools. Fuzhou retained the “National Civilized City” title.

The Fuzhou municipal Party Committee and the Fuzhou Municipal Government has attached great importance to the construction of spiritual civilization as a prioritized livelihood program, and took concrete actions to deliver. People across the city actively took part in the construction of spiritual civilization. As a result, good deeds conducted by ordinary persons continued to emerge, urban environment and governance was further improved, the notion of making concerted efforts to build a civilized city penetrated deep in the hearts of the people, and citizens saw an increasing sense of happiness and gain.

Minhou County is a new entrant among the 7th batch of national civilized cities. Fuzhou claimed multiple new titles, including 14 national civilized villages and townships, 13 national civilized units, 2 national civilized families and 3 national civilized schools. After review, Fuqing retained the honorary title of national civilized city (applicable to county-level cities and counties), and continued to be home to 25 national civilized villages and townships, 27 civilized units, 4 civilized families and 3 civilized schools.  (Liang Kaihong and Lin Ming)