SINCE implementation of the reform and opening policy, Fujian Province has seen rapid economic growth. Located on China's southeast coast across the Taiwan Straits from Taiwan,Fujian is this island province's nearest neighbor and has benefited greatlv from their cooperation, particularly in the agricultural field. In the early 1980s, Fujian's GDP was only 1/40 that of Taiwan. By the early 1990s, this ratio had narrowed to 1/13,