Xiamen is located in the southeast of Fujian Province. It is an important central city in the southeast coast of China, one of the first four special economic zones opened to the outside world, and is also a planned city and sub-provincial city. Xiamen, bordering Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, and facing Kinmen County across the sea, is a bay-type city composed of Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island and other coastal areas such as Haicang, Jimei, Tongan and Xiang ‘an.
Xiamen is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and an important transportation hub in Asia: Xiamen Port is the 7th largest container port in China and the 13th largest container port in the world, and Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport is the 6th largest entry-exit airport in China.
In addition, Xiamen is a famous scenic tourist city, with the reputation of “the city is on the sea, the sea is in the city”. The famous scenic spots include Gulangyu Island, Wanshi Mountain, Jimei Village, South Putuo Temple, Xiamen University.
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