福建是我国著名的侨乡，其人民出洋谋生历史悠久，华侨华人遍布世界各地。据1996年的侨情普查统计，福建共有海外华侨华人1033．5万人，分布在世界160多个国家和地区，旅居港澳的同胞123．2万人。改革开放20年来，侨（外）商直接投资发展迅速，成为福建省利用外资最主要的形式? Fujian is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and its people have a long history of going abroad to make a living and overseas Chinese are all over the world. According to the census of overseas countries in 1996, there were 10.335 million overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese in Fujian, which are distributed in more than 160 countries and regions in the world and have 1.232 million compatriots living in Hong Kong and Maucao. In the 20 years since the reform and opening up, overseas direct investment (FDI) has developed rapidly and has become the most important form of utilization of foreign investment in Fujian Province.