Xiamen is an island city with a rich and dramatic history, full of pirates, rebel leaders and European businessmen. Today, Xiamen is connected with Fujian mainland by a causeway, which retains a strong international flavor.

Xiamen is called Xiamen in the west. It has a long history as a port city, and later became a British trade center in the 9th century. Their foreign settlements were built on the nearby Gulangyu Island, which was later taken over by the Japanese invaders at the beginning of World War II.

Many western-style old trading ports and colonial buildings have been preserved. In the early 1980s, Xiamen was declared as one of the first special economic zones in China, taking advantage of the city's tradition as a trade center and its proximity to Taiwan Province.

Today, Xiamen is one of the most attractive and well-maintained holiday cities in China. Xiamen, founded in the early Ming Dynasty 1394, is a defense center against coastal pirates.

Its prosperity benefited from its deep-water haven, which replaced the nearby Quanzhou Port. Quanzhou Port was once a maritime trade center with India.

Xiamen is an island city with a rich and dramatic history, full of pirates, rebels and European businessmen. Now it is connected with Fujian, but Xiamen has retained a strong international atmosphere. Xiamen, known as Xiamen in the west, is a port city with a long history and later became the trade center of Britain in the19th century. Later, foreign settlements invaded by Japan at the beginning of World War II were built on the nearby small Gulangyu Island. Many ancient western trading ports and colonial architectural styles have been preserved.

Xiamen announced that it was one of the first special economic zones in China. In the early1980s, it used the city's heritage as a trade center and was close to Taiwan Province province. Today, Xiamen is one of the most attractive and best holiday cities in China. Xiamen was founded in the early year of 1394, and it was the defense center of coastal pirates in the Ming Dynasty. Its prosperity is due to replacing the deep-water port near Quanzhou Port and the maritime trade center of the West Indies.