福建省为我国侨务资源大省，在历史上是华侨主要的移出地，改革开放以来也是新移民的主要来源地。福建省曾于2005年进行过侨情普查，迄今已近十年，最近的调查表明：近年来福建省侨情在出国人数、动机、流向，以及出国方式、谋生方式和生存状态等方面都发生了明显变化。
Fujian province is one of the provinces with abundant overseas Chinese resources，it’s not only the main hometown of overseas Chinese in the history but also the main origin of New Immigrants since the initiation of the reform and opening up policy in late 1970s. A census of overseas Chinese information has been carried out in 2005 in Fujian，but the current situation has changed a lot since it’s been nearly 10 years. According to a series of investigations with related departments in June 2014，obvious changes and characteristics of overseas Chinese situation of Fujian Province can be found in aspects of quantity，motivation，destination，the way of emigration and making living，living condition.
