Is Jiafu City in Yamanashi Prefecture poor?

Jiafu City in Yamanashi Prefecture is not poor.

Koufushi/こうふし, the capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, is located in a small mountain basin with a flat urban terrain, with an average elevation of 26 1 m and an area of 1. 1 km2.

economic conditions

The traditional industry is the crystal grinding and carving process, which has a long history and exquisite skills. It is famous not only in Japan, but also in the world, and is often exported abroad as a world-wide handicraft appreciation.

Jiafu is not only one of the few producing areas of precious stones and precious metal products in the world, but also a world-famous gem distribution center. Jiafu industrial enterprises are concentrated in the "Motherland Industrial Cluster" industrial zone, where 22 enterprises set up factories to produce large-scale integrated circuits, computers, machines and electronic components.

Jiafu is also known as the "commercial city", with shops, shopping malls, high-rise supermarkets and office buildings in the financial sector full of vitality.