Maluku Province, Indonesia -- Special Report on Sister Provinces of Henan, China II

Maluku Province, Indonesia -- Special Report on Sister Provinces of Henan, China II

国际友城 开放河南②——印度尼西亚马鲁古省

Brief

【概况】

Located in Eastern Indonesia and bordered by Sulawesi and Papua, Maluku province embraces many islands. Covering 54 thousand square kilometers, Maluku is divided into five districts with a total population of 1.4 million. Ambon, the capital of Maluku, covers an area of 377 square kilometers with a population of 190 thousand.

马鲁古省位于印尼东部，在苏拉威西岛和巴布亚岛之间，由多个小岛组成，按行政区划全省分为五个区，总面积5.4万平方公里，总人口约140万。安汶（AMBON）是首府，面积377平方公里，人口19万。

The location of Maluku province, Indonesia. [Photo provided to commons.wikimedia.org]

Not only famous for its fishery, forestry, commercial crops, mining and tourism industries, Maluku is also well-known for its natural fishery that is rich in seaweed, tuna, catfish and crimson snapper. 510 thousand tons of fishes are found around the waters of Maluku, including 360 thousand tons of deep-sea fishing. The forest coverage of Maluku is vast with about 7 million hectares. Meanwhile, Maluku was historically known as a “spice Island” of the Far East, where pepper, nutmeg and lilac were planted throughout the island. Today, spice processing has developed into an important industry in Maluku as its products are widely welcomed by the international market, with the other plants as rubber, cocoa, palm and coffee. In Maluku, apart from several key minerals such as vanadium and aluminum, some uninhabited islands are also rich in aluminum, coal, oil, magnesium, gold, copper, chromium, pyrite, asbestos, etc. With 12 seaports and 89 other ports, sea transportation is the main traffic means in Maluku.

马鲁古的优势资源包括渔、林、经济作物、矿、旅游等。马鲁古附近海域是极好的天然渔场，富产海藻、金枪鱼、鲇鱼、红鳍笛鲷等。马鲁古附近水域各类鱼种约51万吨，其中深海捕捞量约36万吨。马鲁古的林木面积比较广阔，有树林约700万公顷。马鲁古在历史上是远东地区闻名的香料之岛，胡椒、肉豆蔻、丁香的种植遍及全岛，香料的加工成为马鲁古重要工业，产品运销外国。此外，当地还种植橡胶、可可、棕榈、咖啡等。马鲁古的重要矿产有钒土和铝矿，一些无人小岛富产铝矿，此外，还有煤、油、镁、金、铜、铬、黄铁矿、石棉等。海运在马鲁古承担最主要交通运输功能，全省有12个海港，各类港口和口岸共89个。

In September 2011, Henan and Maluku officially established a sister-province relationship.

2011年9月，河南省与马鲁古省正式建立友好省际关系。 

Cooperation Intention

【双方重点合作方向建议】

Positioned as a key province for the national development strategy, Maluku is rich in agricultural, fishery and mineral resources. The bilateral cooperation between Maluku and Henan is highly complementary in economy and enjoys huge potential and prosperous future. Besides, Maluku’s advantage of uncultivated land provides opportunities for Henan for the advanced agricultural technology and machinery development and promotion of local grain production and economic income between both sides. By far, Henan’s agricultural authorities have commenced preliminary research on rice cultivation and fishery development in Maluku.

印尼马鲁古省农业、渔业、矿产资源非常丰富，处在印尼国家实施发展战略的前沿地带，双方经济互补性很强，合作潜力巨大，前景广阔。马鲁古省有着大量的荒置土地，开垦其荒地可使河南省的农业先进技术和农机设备在马鲁古省得到推广应用，提高当地的粮食产量，增加双方经济收入。河南省农业部门已经在马鲁古开始水稻种植、渔业开发前期研究工作。（来源/河南省委外办 翻译/赵汉青 审校/焦丹）

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