In the 1950s，the Business Development Corporation and the Industrial Park Authority were established to aid new businesses and attract industry to New Hampshire．Today，few of the businesses in New Hampshire are textile（纺织的）mills or shoe factories．Computer companies and tourism are the growing industry．
In the 1980s，New Hampshire produced many new jobs and had one of the fastest growing economies in the United States．The state benefits from its close proximity（接近，亲近）to the Boston metropolitan area with its many hightechnology firms，but when Massachusetts experiences a recession like that of the late 1980s and early 90s，New Hampshire is similarly affected．
Governor州长
2005年1月John Lynch就职为新罕布什尔州第80任州长。他更新了两党连立合作的精神，在提高教育、减少医疗成本、保护环境和创造就业机会这些关乎新罕布什尔州家庭焦点问题上取得了进步。
Inaugurated as New Hampshire’s 80th Governor in January 2005，John Lynch is bringing a renewed spirit of bipartisan（两党连立的）cooperation to the State House and working to make progress on the issues important to New Hampshire families improving education，reducing health care costs，protecting the environment，and creating good jobs．
In his first months in office，Gov．Lynch joined with bipartisan coalitions of legislators to pass legislation to stabilize health care costs for small businesses；to eliminate（排除，消除）a projected300million budget deficit；and to make progress on education funding，pushing successfully for the virtual elimination of donor towns．
Gov．Lynch recently proposed the Child Protection Act，one of the toughest and most comprehensive efforts in the country to protect children against sexual predators（掠夺者，食肉动物）．The Act has 28provisions，including allowing prosecutors（检举人）to seek a mandatory minimum sentence of 25years for someone who sexually preys on a child．
Gov．Lynch’s commitment to putting the interests of people first is an extension of his work as a business and community leader．
As the President and CEO of Knoll，Inc．，a national furniture manufacturer，he transformed a company losing 50million a year into one making a profit of nearly 240million．Under his leadership，Knoll created new jobs，gave factory workers annual bonuses（奖金，红利），established a scholarship program for the children of employees，created retirement（退休）plans for employees who didn’t have any，and gave workers stock in the company．
Gov．Lynch has also served as chair of the University System Board of Trustees，where he worked to keep tuition（学费）increases to a minimum；as director of Admissions at the Harvard Business School，where he made ethics one of the criteria（标准）for admissions；and as president of the Lynch Group，a businessconsulting firm in Manchester．
Long a community leader，John Lynch served on the board of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester and on the board of the Capitol Center for the Arts．He is the past president of the UNH alumni association，and a longtime coach of youth soccer，hockey（曲棍球），softball（垒球运动，垒球）and baseball．
Gov．Lynch was born in Waltham，Massachusetts on November 25，1952，the fifth of William and Margaret Lynch’s six children and attended the local public schools．His mother was an elementary school teacher and his father ran a local Boys’Club．
Working his way through college，Gov．Lynch earned his undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1974．He also holds an M．B．A．from the Harvard Business School and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center．
He and his wife of 27years，Susan，live in Hopkinton，and have three children，Jacqueline，a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire，and Julia and Hayden，who attend local public schools．
State Bird州鸟
紫梅花雀被指定为新罕布什州的州鸟。在1957年立法机关的投票选举中，紫梅花雀胜于新罕布什州的母鸡而成为该州州鸟。紫梅花雀得到立法机关的支持，是由于它的赞助组织受尊敬的影响。1957年4月25日，紫梅花雀成为本州州鸟。
The purple finch is hereby designated as the official state bird of New Hampshire．The pert（活跃的）little purple finch toppled the onetime sturdy（强健的）New Hampshire hen to become the Granite State’s official bird，by vote of the 1957Legislature．
Rep．Robert S．Monahan of Hanover，then Dartmouth College forester，sponsored a purple finch bill，which was filed in the House of Representatives on February 12，Lincoln’s birthday anniversary（周年纪念），with impressive backing．He later testified（证明，证实）that it bore the support of the Audubon Society of New Hampshire，the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs，and the State Federation of Women’s Clubs．
The purple finch proposal ran into quick opposition．Rep．Doris M．Spollett of Hampstead，veteran（经验丰富的）legislator and mail carrier and breeder of prize goats，once again sponsored the New Hampshire hen for a state bird．She had lost an initial bid for this special breed of hen，to become the official bird，eight years earlier，while serving in the Senate．
Monahan won speedy（快的）approval（赞成，承认，正式批准）for the purple finch，as his bill came up for public hearing before the House Committee on Recreation，Resources and Development on March 27，as he urged quick enactment“before some other state beats us to it”．
The purple finch readily mustered（集合，集聚）broad legislative support，because of the respected influence of its sponsoring organizations，and Miss Spollett’s hen bill became pigeonhold．The House Committee on Recreation（消遣，娱乐），Resources and Development held a March 27public hearing on Monahan’s bill，and promptly recommended its passage．The House then passed the purple finch，and the Senate speedily concurred．Governor Lane Dwinell of Lebanon signed the purple finch into law on April 25．
Identification
1．5．5inches length
2．Large，conical bill
3．Short，forked tail
4．Distinctive call note often given in flight
Male
1．Purplishred head，breast，back and rump
2．Streaked back
3．White undertail coverts
4．Brown wings and tail
5．Immature male resembles female
Female
1．Brown crown and cheek patch contrasting with pale supercilium and malar streak
2．Heavily streaked underparts
3．Brown upperparts
State Flower州花
紫丁香是新罕布什尔州州花。紫丁香是一种普通的开花灌木，在有太阳的位置生长的最好。这种植物生长在荫处时，开的花常常很难看，而且可能生白粉病。普通的紫丁香能长到20英尺高。它的生长速度很快。此花在1919年成为本州州花。