| The Chinese province of Fujian (formerly spelled Fukien or Fuchien) is located on the southeastern coast of the country, facing Taiwan across the Taiwan (Formosa) Strait. The coastline is rugged and irregular, with many islands and reefs threatening unwary navigators. The major port in the southern half of the province is Xiamen, but there are many smaller ports. The Chinmen (Kinmen, Quemoy) Islands, which lie in the Formosa Strait off the entrance to Xiamen, have been under the administration of the Republic of China government on Taiwan since 1949. The lighthouses of Chinmen are described on the Matsu and Kinmen page. Lighthouses in China are maintained by the PRC Maritime Safety Administration. The administration is organized in four regional administrations, with district offices in the major ports. All the lights on this page are maintained by the Fuzhou MSA office, which is part of the Shanghai Region. In Chinese, jiao or chiao is a cape, dao, tao, yu, or hsu is an island, wan is a bay, and kang or gang is a harbor. Due to competing systems for transliterating Chinese into Latin characters, there are always several possible spellings for the names of places in China. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. CN numbers are the serial numbers used by the Shanghai regional office of MSA. Admiralty numbers are from volume F of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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![]() Jianyu Light, August 2003 PRC Maritime Safety Administration Shanghai Region photo |
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![]() Xiangzhijiao Light PRC Maritime Safety Administration Shanghai Region photo |
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![]() Weitoujiao Light; PRC Maritime Safety Administration Xiamen Office photo |
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![]() Houyu (Monkey Island) Light, Xiamen PRC Maritime Safety Administration Xiamen Office photo |
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![]() Zhenhaijiao Light PRC Maritime Safety Administration Xiamen Office photo |
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![]() Jiangjuntou Light PRC Maritime Safety Administration Xiamen Office photo |
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![]() Guleitou Light PRC Maritime Safety Administration Xiamen Office photo |
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Posted July 28, 2008. Checked and revised June 28, 2009. Lighthouses: 38. Site copyright 2009 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.