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Xiamen a pivotal city in cross-Straits trade

Agriculture scenic spots greet Spring Festival guests

Multiple agricultural scenic spots remained opened throughout the Spring Festival travel season to draw both tourists and local residents during the holiday.

Xiamen University hosts traditional folklore events

Xiamen University hosted a number of Chinese traditional folk activities during its first annual Our Festival -- Spring Festival event.

Xiamen FTZ to further co-op with Qatar Free Zones

Xiamen Free Trade Zone recently inked a memorandum of understanding with Qatar Free Zones at Qatar-China Business Forum held in Beijing

Subway construction continued over the holiday

Xiamen Railway Group said last week that more than 3,100 workers at 90 construction sites continued to work throughout the Spring Festival holiday

Xixi Bridge construction crews work day and night shifts

City officials said last week that construction of the Xixi Bridge for the Xiamen section of Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou High-speed Railway continues around the clock

Xiamen-based Luckin coffee surges into another 18 Chinese cities

Luckin coffee, the Xiamen-based fast-rising coffee chain, said on Feb 12 they plan to get into 18 new cities including Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Guiyang and Zhuhai by the end of April, making it present in a total of 40 cities this year.

Award-winning musical "School of Rock" to be staged in Xiamen

The musical will later tour other Chinese cities including Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shenzhen and Suzhou.

Marbury Basketball Training Camp opens in Xiamen

The Marbury Basketball Training Camp, named after former Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) champion Stephon Marbury, opened on Wednesday morning in Xiamen, a coastal city in southeast China's Fujian Province.

Xiamen ranks second as a Spring Festival holiday destination

Online home-sharing company Airbnb announced recently that Xiamen ranked second place on the list of most popular tourist destinations during the Spring Festival holiday.

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Young reporters attend ocean-themed open house in Xiamen

A group of young reporters from xmnn.cn news portal of Xiamen, Fujian province, visited the Xiamen Science and Technology Museum on the afternoon of November 4th when the museum was holding an ocean-themed open house.

Xiamen Shining in the Eyes of Two Baltimore Area Brothers

The island of Xiamen is movie ready with its palm trees, boardwalk and beach. Everything in this picturesque city was surreal from the people to the scenery. We met welcoming people that treated you like family as soon we landed.

Three marvelous days of sister-cities exchange trip in Xiamen

The Xiamen-Baltimore sister-cities exchange program was scheduled from July 25th to July 28th. Five middle school students from Xiamen, including myself, introduced Xiamen and Chinese culture to the exchange students from Baltimore high schools.

Football deepens friendship between China and foreign countries

On the sunny afternoon of August 1, the final of the 2018 Xiamen International Youth Football Invitational was held on the green football field of Xiamen No. 2 High School Wuyuanwan Campus.

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Seashine Group begins subsidized pricing for vegetables

The Seashine Group launched an emergency plan to stabilize the price of key food prices in the wake of a spike in vegetable prices caused by recent heavy rainfall in China.

Seafood prices drop as fishing moratorium ends

The end of the annual summer moratorium on commercial fishing in Xiamen waters ended this month, according to maritime authorities.

Local producers to adhere to sea worm jelly quality standards

Health officials recently announced that a raft of suggested standards governing the production and packaging of sea worm jelly is now open to public comment.

Hakka food festival debuts

The Hakka food festival debuted on July 13 at the Xiamen Huaqiao Hotel. The local branch of the Liancheng Hakka Cuisine Association is hosting the event, which runs through Sunday.

Imported beer floods Xiamen as 2018 FIFA World Cup to kick off

With the first kick off just around the corner, Xiamen football fans have been busy stockpiling food and drink for the month-long tournament, that runs from June 14 to July 15.

Party snacks: cheesy churros with a spicy salsa

These cheesy, slightly spicy churros make a good party snack. They taste best the day they are made but, if needed, can be reheated in the oven (at 180 degrees Celsius for about five minutes) to crisp them up. While they are delicious as is, they are even better with this roasted red pepper and jalape？o salsa, which can be made a day or two in advance.

Xiamen University develops breakthrough vaccine against cervical cancer

Chinese researchers have taken a major step forward in developing a new-generation vaccine that has the potential to protect against almost all of the most potentially lethal forms of human papilloma virus (HPV).

City opens public school sports facilities to local residents

The sports facilities of 14 public schools are now open to the general public for free, according to local officials.

Siamese twins separated in Xiamen hospital

Physicians at the Xiamen Maternal and Child Health Hospital successfully carried out a separation operation last week on a pair of conjoined twins.

China to enhance role of Internet Plus in medical care

The State Council, China's cabinet, on Thursday expanded the role of Internet Plus in medical care.

Smartphones are hurting our sleep

Using devices before bed disrupts normal patterns, survey finds

Xiang'an Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University to open this year

Jointly directed by the Xiamen Municipal Government and Xiamen University, the Xiang'an Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University (referred to as the Xiang'an Hospital) has had its outdoor decoration completed, and is expected to start operating in the 2nd half of 2018.