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	Xiamen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the vernacular of Xiamen, known as Southern Min, it is pronounced Ē-mn̂g.
		Xiamen was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanjing (signed in 1842) at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China.
		Xiamen Municipality comprises of Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island, and a larger region along the mouth of Jiulong River on the mainland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xiamen (504 words)

	Xiamen University ???? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Xiamen is situated on the southeast coast of Fujian Province, at the estuary of Jiulong River.
		The topography of Xiamen is characterized by a gradual descent from the south to the north, with the northwestern part being relatively flat and the southern part mountainous and hilly.
		Xiamen is situated on the south coast of Fujian Province, at 24degree 26' 26'' north latitude and 118degree 04' 04'' east longitude.
	www.xmu.edu.cn /english/e1_6.htm (1691 words)

	XIAMEN FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Xiamen () is a coastal sub-provincial_city in Fujian_Province, southern China.
		Xiamen Municipality comprises of Xiamen_Island, Gulangyu_Island, and a larger region along the mouth of Jiulong_River on the mainland.
		Xiamen Island is geographically very close to the island of Quemoy, which is governed by the Republic_of_China (based on Taiwan).
	www.mrdefine.com /Xiamen (407 words)

	Xiamen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Xiamen (Simplified : 厦门, Traditional : 廈門, Wade Giles : Hsiamen) is a coastal sub-provincial city in Fujian Province,southern China.
		Xiamen was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanjing (signed in 1842) at the end of the First Opium War between Britain andChina.
		Xiamen Municipality comprises of Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island, and a largerregion along the mouth of JiulongRiver on the mainland.
	www.therfcc.org /xiamen-114946.html (385 words)

	Greener Than Green: Xiamen, A Model of Environmental Achievement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Xiamen is a small city by Chinese standards, population approximately 1.25 million in the municipal area, the older, central part of which is located on an island connected to the mainland by several bridges.
		Xiamen is a superb example of a city that realized environmental problems could limit economic growth and reduce quality of life for its citizens, and decided to do something about it.
		Xiamen Municipal Environmental Protection Structure: The city EPB has a total of two hundred and eight staff members (as of December 1998) divided between the city central office, the various district offices in the outlying areas, the environmental monitoring stations, and the testing labs and training offices affiliated with the epb.
	www.usembassy-china.org.cn /sandt/Xiamweb.htm (2101 words)

	Encyclopedia: Xiamen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Siming (思明) is on southeastern Xiamen Island and the capital district of Xiamen Municipality, Fujian Province, the Peoples Republic of China History The place was made Zhongxin District (中心区;) in October 1945.
		Xiamen (Simplified Chinese: åŽ¦é—¨;; Traditional Chinese: å»ˆé–€;; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsiamen) is a coastal sub-provincial city in Fujian Province, southern China.
		Xiamen Airlines (åŽ¦é—¨èˆªç©º) is the first airline company in Peoples Republic of China run by private individuals, established on July 25, 1984, Based in Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Xiamen (2539 words)

	Xiamen - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Xiamen (Simplified Chinese:厦门;; Traditional Chinese:廈門;; pinyin: Xiàmén; Wade-Giles: Hsiamen) is a coastal sub-provincial city in Fujian Province,southern China.
		All six sub-municipal entities in Xiamen are districts, whereas other Fujianesemunicipalities have mixed districts and counties.
		Xiamen Island is geographically very close to the island of Quemoy, which isgoverned by the Republic of China (based on Taiwan).
	www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=Amoy (427 words)

	China Tourist Cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		During the Tianbao Period of the Tang Dynasty, the ethnic Chinese surnamed Xue (薛) and Chen (陈) migrated to Xiamen Island from Fu'an in the east of Fujian Province and Zhangzhou in the south of Fujian Province and settled at the southern and northern foot of the Hongjishan Mountain respectively.
		Xiamen is famous for its large number of overseas Chinese and that forms the basis for Xiamen to become a city blending local conditions and Taiwanese customs, delicious seafood and exotic buildings.
		Now Xiamen has been listed as one of the tourist cities of China with its outstanding performance in developing tourism during the last decades and the tourist trade has become one of the key economic sectors and a new economic growth point for the Xiamen City.
	www.asia-planet.net /china/xiamen.htm (2545 words)

	Xiamen Vista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Xiamen, China's cleanest, most beautiful, seaport city, is located on the southeastern coast of Fujian Province.
		Xiamen Municipality consists of six districts and one county.
		The annual average temperature in Xiamen is 21 degrees C with the absolute highest of 38.4 C and the lowest of 2 degrees C.
	www.chinavista.com /xiamen/contents.html (523 words)

	This is Xiamen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Xiamen Island is located just off shore from the southern coastline of Fujian Province, and is some 500 miles south of Shanghai and 300 miles north-west of Hongkong.
		Although it is standard to refer to the xiamen shizhengfu as the "Xiamen Municipal Government" it is wrong to refer to Greater Xiamen as "Xiamen Municipality", even though it is on a par in legal and economic power terms as the municipalities of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing, albeit very, very much smaller geographically.
		Xiamen, as a shi, is divided into qu, "districts", and the districts are divided into zhen "towns" and cun "villages", and the problems of nomenclature arise again, as they actually refer to the area coming under that level of administration.
	www.mzfh.com /Mac/Xiamen/Geography/geog.html (1929 words)

	Xiang'an District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Xiang'an (翔安) is a district of Xiamen Municipality on its easternmost mainland territory.
		In 1987, Maxiang became one of the 13 important satelite towns of Xiamen and it is now the centre of the newly established Xiang An Industrial Zone (a merger of Min An and Xiang Feng neighbourhoods).
		The Tomb of famous Xiamen press media entrepreneur Huang Ting Yuan on the western side of Xilu village, Maxiang, relates the story of Xiamen business expansions and Xiamen's political struggles against the British in 1919.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xiang'an_District (406 words)

	The Development of Xiamen Commerce and Trade in 2001
		¡¡Xiamen export of machinery and electrical appliances in 2001 reached USD 2,750,570,000, going up by 9.73% and accounting for 42.28% of the total export in Xiamen while the import of machinery and electrical appliances amounted to USD 2,340,810,000, increasing by 12.32% and accounting for 51.18% of the total import in Xiamen.
		In 2001, Xiamen trade (import and export) with Taiwan amounted to USD 1.27 billion, increasing by 6.57% over that of the previous year and accounting for 11.5% of the total import and export value of Xiamen.
		Xiamen exerts greater efforts to attract foreign investment, improve its services for foreign-funded enterprises, encourage foreign-funded enterprises to expand their export, further unlash import-export operations right and exercise the registration system in its true sense.
	www.xiamensupplier.com /statistics2001/commerce.htm (1639 words)

	Brief Introduction- Powered by 博易-AnyP.cn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Xiamen completed the construction of a series of infrastructures, such as, airport, wharfs, post and telecommunication, telegraphic railway, cross-sea bridge, Shigu Shan Crossroads, city water supply, power supply, roads, and etc. Industrial area, investment area and development zone were developed in large pieces in Huli, Haicang, Xiangyu and Torch Hi-tech Garden.
		Xiamen was also equipped with many cultural facilities like Gulangyu Musical Hall, People's Theater, City Library, and etc. The Little Egret Folk Dance Troupe set up in 1993 had made many performance visits to foreign countries on invitation and enjoyed tremendous popularity.
		Xiamen Football Team, the first professional football team in Fujian Province organized by Xiamen Football Club in 1996, was successfully upgraded to A group of the top grade in 1999.
	sinoohoo.anyp.cn /040610031209359.aspx (3515 words)

	Investment Policy in Xiamen
		Taiwan residents who have their businesses in Xiamen, or work, study, engage in business and trade or possess real estate in Xiamen may apply for temporary residence and multiple exit and entry endorsements valid from 1to5 years.
		The monthly wage should not be lower than the minimum monthly wage level announced by Xiamen Municipality of the year.
		Xiamen has established Xiamen Labor Dispute Arbitration Committee, which settles labor disputes and protect the legal interests of enterprises.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-08/08/content_363191.htm (2534 words)

	Welcome to Amoymagic.com, an English guide to Xiamen!
		Xiamen’s extensive natural harbor, combined with her strategic proximity to Kong Kong and Taiwan province (a mere 100 miles as the fly flies) makes Xiamen the natural gateway for overseas Chinese and others seeking to stake a claim in China.
		And planes landing at Xiamen’s new airport are a far cry from the four that landed in Xiamen Bay way back in 1924—on the first round the world flight.
		Xiamen’s daily water capacity is 915,000 tons, which according to official sources is adequate to the year 2,005.
	www.amoymagic.com /AMChapter2.htm (1476 words)

	Brief Introduction of Xiamen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 2000, the GDP of Xiamen increased by 15.2% to 50.187 billion yuan, 1.2 percent points higher than the yearly plan and doubling that of 1995.
		In 1980, GDP of Xiamen came to be 0.64 billion yuan, total revenue 0.183 billion yuan, total industrial output 0.943 billion yuan, and investment by fixed capital 0.122 billion yuan, retail sales of social consumer goods 0.297 billion yuan, and disposable income for urban residents per capita 406 yuan.
		Xiamen has been successively has accredited as a National Sanitary City, National Garden City, National Model City for Environmental Protection, National Excellent Tourist City, National Advanced City for Prospering City Through Promoting Science and Education, National Advanced Port City for Building Spiritual Civilization.
	www.invest-inchina.com /new/en/provnces%20and%20cities/page_72.htm (2960 words)

	Xiamen Mayor Vows to Fight Against Corruption
		Xiamen Mayor Zhu Yayan said Sunday the city government will take solid measures to fight against corruption after a multi-billion US dollar smuggling case has been seriously handled.
		In an interview with journalists from 10 foreign media organizations including AP, Reuters and Kyodo, Zhu said smuggling and corruption are global hard nuts but the Xiamen city government will draw lessons from the Yuanhua Group's smuggling case.
		Zhu, also vice governor of Fujian Province, said four principal measures will be taken to this effect, including strengthening education of civil servants, taking a firm stand on cracking down on smuggling while deepening opening-up, improving the management and supervision of cadres, and establishing and improving various rules and regulations on government administration.
	www.china.org.cn /english/government/22668.htm (202 words)

	[Cities] Xiamen
		The annual average temperature of Xiamen is 21 C with a high of 38.4 C and a low of 2 C. Annual rainfall ranges between 1,100 mm, with most of the rainfall in May, June and July.
		The winds in Xiamen average at 3 to 5 on the Beaufort scale, with the northeasterly wind prevailing.
		While Xiamen's Botanical Garden is a nature lover's paradise, the Buddhist Nanputao Temple, dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), is a national treasure.
	english.sohu.com /2004/07/05/18/article220851805.shtml (222 words)

	Kaiyuan. Who is Kaiyuan? What is Kaiyuan? Where is Kaiyuan? Definition of Kaiyuan. Meaning of Kaiyuan.
		Kaiyuan (開元;) is a region in Xiamen Municipality and a former district that now belongs to Siming District.
		Kaiyuan is in central Xiamen Island, north of the original Siming District and south of Huli District.
		It is named after a street meaning "Initiating the First (Year)".
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Kaiyuan (112 words)

	XIAMEN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Xiamen not only has a competent labor force but also is highly competitive in terms of labor cost.
		Foreign-funded enterprises may determine their own organizational structure and staffing, independently decide the way for wage distribution and should inform the local labor administrative department of the recruitment of staff and workers within 30 days after recruitment.
		Enterprises employing foreigners shall apply for work permits to Xiamen Labor Bureau (with a fee of RMB Yuan150/person/year for compatriots of Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan and RMB Yuan300/person/year for foreigners) and residence permits to Xiamen Public Security Bureau.
	www.xm.gov.cn /english/investment%20guide/Operation%20Cost%20and%20Tax%20Policies/t20040923_24273.htm (326 words)

	Hutchison Port Holdings: XICT Records Xiamen's Two Millionth Container
		The two millionth container was loaded onto COSCO's vessel M.V. "Chuan He" at Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT) and the Port Authority organized a ceremony to celebrate the historical occasion.
		The ceremony was officiated by VIPs including Li Chuan, Vice Governor of Fujian Province; Zhang Changping, Mayor of Xiamen Municipality; Wang Yongjun, Director of Xiamen Port Authority and Xu Lirong, General Manager of COSCO.
		The Xiamen Municipal Government and related government bodies have been boosting the development in Haicang.
	www.hph.com.hk /news/news_room/xict-21nov03.htm (189 words)

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		Fujian Province in fact invited two delegations in Italy, an institutional one, whose purpose was acting as a gap between institutions and the Delegation of Executive Commitee for foreign investment (on July, the 11th) and one effective, whose participants were the members of the Delegation for foreign Trade and Development.
		Li Dongmei, General Manager of Xiamen Huanqiu Machinery Equipment Co. This kind of event has to be put among those initiatives taken to promote the presence inside the Lombardy's PMI system in the development process of chinese economy, particularly in Xiamen Municipality.
		Huang Lin, the President of the Association and the Director of Xiamen trade development Committee, a seminary with the governor of Anhui city and a seminary with Trading Company and Xiamen Service Center were also held.
	www.ag-cina.com /English/testi_fiere2001.htm (1942 words)

	Travel To China - Xiamen
		Xiamen is a coastal sub-provincial city in Fujian Province, southern China.
		Koxinga stationed here in 1650, naming it Siming Island, or "Remembering the Ming", but the city was renamed by the Manchus in 1680 to Xiamen Subprefecture.
		In 1949, Xiamen became a provincial city, then upgraded to a vice-province-class city, or a municipality.
	www.goingtochina.com /cities/Xiamen.htm (428 words)

	DEVELOPMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In Xiangyu Building, the first commercial and office building in the Xiamen Xiangyu Bonded Area, was completed and put into use in October 1996.
		Xiang-xie Yuan, a multi-storey residence with a total area of 30,000 sq.m, is a much sought-after location by consumers for its unique European architectural style.
		With its rapid expansion, is has been engaged in a wide range of projects such as ISP business permit approved by the Ministry of Information Industry, Guolian Network School and other education information technology projects.
	www.chinahuatong1.com /epages/deve.htm (708 words)

	Ningbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1998, it was awarded "Civilization Window Example Unit in Tourist Industry" by the Tourist Bureau of Xiamen Municipality.
		It was appointed as an "Overseas Traveling Group Designated Eating and Drinking Unit" in Xiamen City.
		They assembled various kinds of dishes such as assorted cold dish, barbecue, refreshments and hot pot dish etc. the restaurant can provide dishes with various styles and courses with different flavors to every guest.
	www.cnta.com /lyen/city/xiamen/2j/d0203.asp (167 words)

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