TWithin Fujian, qiaoxiang differ in the size of their emigrant population. A survey published in 1958 showed that of all the various administrative centres (cities and counties), Jinjiang sent the largest number of people (220,000) abroad. For this reason Jinjing with be looked at more closely below. Then, we turn our attention to the sender of a remarkably large number of migrants in the 1980s and 1990s: the area around Fuzhou.