XiaMen is in southeast of China,Fujian Province.
About 1,400,000 populations.
XiaMen have a Good weather and Public order,The average air temperature of whole year is 20.9°C.
But the most important is the Person of Xiamen have a good Character,
this is my Reason to like XiaMen.


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Great pictures.There are so many cities in China.Ive seen about 100 different skylines on SS.com.

Ive only been to Canton city and Hong Kong.Im hoping to go to Beijing sometime in August.

^ Nick,thanks for your nice words.

But go to Beijing in August is a really bad idea. Too hot

Great pictures.There are so many cities in China.Ive seen about 100 different skylines on SS.com.

Ive only been to Canton city and Hong Kong.Im hoping to go to Beijing sometime in August.


Welcome！！I more hope you to go to smaller Chinese City,Because there is
more Peaceful and Clean! :)

Nice Pic, it reminds me of Vancouver, so similar!!!

It's green everywhere!!

Great pictures.There are so many cities in China.Ive seen about 100 different skylines on SS.com.

Ive only been to Canton city and Hong Kong.Im hoping to go to Beijing sometime in August.
Thank you! I think you'll be welcomed~
But it is true that it's gonna be pretty hot in Beijing at that time of the year.

For Xiamen, I've always liked this city. I lived there for a couple of years actually, it's a fantastic place to live and people are really nice~

Beijing's weather is very strange. During June & even July it's perfectly acceptable and sometimes even nice. But when August comes along, it suddenly gets so hot and moist outside it's unbearable.

If you like winter and snow, like me, I'd recommend you to go to Beijing during the winter, it gets quite cold and eve snow there.

Hey guys.... in August we are coming over to the new Dell facility in Xiamen and we are currently looking for a good hotel near DELL... can anybody give us recommendations?... the facility will be in Jinshang Road in Xiamen.....

any information would be very nice... thanks...

welcome! have a good time.

Before coming,there is XiaMen pics can help you?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=223602

I think this is good for you!
http://www.xm.gov.cn/english/

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/fujian/xiamen/

wow!!!... those were nice pictures.... anyways,.... where is this picture below near?

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thanks... I'll look into it... :D

oh,sorry! I am not from xiamen. These pics is from another chinese.I think this one pic is near to Residents' area. ^_^

Wow, very beautiful. Some of those pics really remind me of Hong Kong. I'd always wanted to make a weekend trip to Xiamen last year but never got around to it. I'll certainly go in the coming year, hitting up Shantou along the way too.

What a beautiful city!

It looks very well planned, with nice parks and a great waterfront.

Its skyline is very underrated.

i like xiamen very much! you can hardly find an ugly building there, which is very rare in china...

This maybe kinda of late.. but let me post some of the pictures that I have taken during my stay in China... 3 weeks in Xiamen and 2 days in Beijing....

a view of Xiamen from Gulangyu island
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Xiamen viewed from my hotel in Holiday Inn
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Xiamen University
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Nan Putuo Temple
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a high rise in Xiamen
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pix in Beijing...
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Forbidden City.. a bird's eyeview
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Thanks!! ^_^

But I can't see anything.

^^ppl in china can't see pics from photobucket.com. don't know why...

i stopped using photobucket long time ago because of it.

I can't see anything.我用代理都看不见～～～～～～

^^ me either

Welcome to Xiamen. if you want any information about Xiamen trip, free feel to contact to me. ^_^

Xiamen is beautiful... I wonder why it doesn't get as much attention as Beijing, Shanghai or even Shenzhen.

Xiamen is beautiful... I wonder why it doesn't get as much attention as Beijing, Shanghai or even Shenzhen.

Its not as big or international. Plus how many people live there?

Its not as big or international. Plus how many people live there?
I don't know, you tell me.

^ Nick,thanks for your nice words.

But go to Beijing in August is a really bad idea. Too hot
Yes,I remember that five years ago I came there on 22th July,it is 39 C,very hot,I can't leave aircondition.The best is Autumn,and in winnter it is very cold,the weather is strange.

Hi! I'm new to the site and this is my first post.

These pictures are awesome. Looks like a wonderful city. I always read stories about how Chinese cities are suppose to be really dirty and that littering and public urination are a big problem. These people make China sound like its a sh*t-hole. But all the pictures I see on this site shows a much different story. Every city looks very clean, very orderly, and very green.

I don't know, you tell me.

1,371,600 people live in Xiamen as of 2002. Comparing that to Shanghai and Beijing, its rather small.

Hi! I'm new to the site and this is my first post.

These pictures are awesome. Looks like a wonderful city. I always read stories about how Chinese cities are suppose to be really dirty and that tittering and public urination are a big problem. These people make China sound like its a sh*t-hole. But all the pictures I see on this site shows a much different story. Every city looks very clean, very orderly, and very green.

China has many sides. People on our side of the world tend to stick to the uglier side to make ourselves look and feel superior. Many people around me cannot comprehend the rise of China and will probably always stick to the belief that China is forever a third-world country full of corruption and public urination. One day, they will be proved wrong.

Thank you! I think you'll be welcomed~
But it is true that it's gonna be pretty hot in Beijing at that time of the year.

For Xiamen, I've always liked this city. I lived there for a couple of years actually, it's a fantastic place to live and people are really nice~

Actually, August of Beijing is not that hot. June, July is the hottest months in Beijing. I've lived in Beijing for 7 years, so I'm pretty sure about that.

Actually, August of Beijing is not that hot. June, July is the hottest months in Beijing. I've lived in Beijing for 7 years, so I'm pretty sure about that.
Hmm... out of the four times I visited Beijing, two were during the summer (June - August), and both times Beijing's weather was actually quite tolerable and almost nice, during June & July, but as soon as August hits, it became extremely humid and hot. This was back in 2001 & 2003 BTW.

I also spent two winters in Beijing and OMG, it was COOOLD. But of course, I personally prefer colder weather so I enjoyed it quite a bit :)

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way back In 1988,when i accompany my parent to Xiamen to purchased apartment,
I remember the 5th story high apartment still under construct is located in reclaim rice field,there's nothing in the area ,primitive road,small number of tradition peasant house,but whenb i return in 1992, I was stunt to see there's modern 6 lane road road,suddently the aprtment was surrounded by 8 to 15 story highrise,everythibng change.also surprise to see some taiwanese real estate developer such as Alisan developer constructing very high rise.

I like Xiamen,it's a so livable city.
maybe, i will go to Xiamen for living and working.

in the end of Oct,i hd a biz trip to xiamen.
i want to say:the trees in xiamen is so nice&seafood is delicious.

oh mine, I have to say I have fallen in love with Xiamen..

Wow, looks like a really nice city to live in, :)

WOW~ Xiamen looks really amazing :eek2: I must go to visit China at least once in my life time.

wow! Xiamen is beautiful!!!

@jingtian59, can you post some shopping malls in Xiamen? Thanks!!

Are Fujianren nice to waishengren/ waidiren?

Do you have any old pictures of Xiamen like from 1920's-1940's?

My grandparents came from Xiamen in early's 1940's. We are living now in Manila, Philippines.

That's where I'm from!! Xiamen is awesome. Just avoid going during the summer because it's so damn hot. But that's coming from a guy living in California, I'm not used to such heat and humidity. It's a beautiful island city...

Wonderful pics. Lovely, ultra green and scenic city. Xiamen is beautiful!

Beautiful it is...

Oh my! This is a wonderful city! I love all that greenery and orderliness.

there are a lot of new pictures of Xiamen.

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These are sensational pictures. I am stunned by Xiamen and the surrounding area. A more beautiful city I have never seen. It is truly a queen of the sea.

another well developed Chinese city! Thank you, bachelor.

In a way Xiamen is my "hometown". It's the port from which my grandparents left China all those decades ago.

Thanks for the pictures.

it makes me yearn back my first love which was with a Xiamen girl....
Best wishes for her

Xiamen is absolutely beautiful! :eek:

Xiamen is a well-known tourist port city in the Southeast coast of China. It is one of the Cleanest Cities of China, the Garden Cities of China, the National Environmental Protection Model Cities, and the best sightseeing cities in China. Not only being wealthy with travel resources, Xiamen has also temperate weather, fast and convenient transport and communication, and complete travel establishments. All makes Xiamen one of the most suitable cities for investors and tourists in China.
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Xiamen is the city which I likes very much, it is enchanting
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xiamen is really amazing..

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That first panorama looks great! Have you got a high-resolution version of it?

XIAMEN! :cheers:
Xiamen is very near Taiwan,so the style is same.

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:)

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I'd like to find out what county or city in Fujian where most of Indonesian Chinese ancestors from. Anyhow, Xiamen is indeed beautiful. It looks so clean and green! Is it true or just the good photos here? Thanks for posting!!

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03959B04.002C

new jetty building
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(home.news.bbs.cn)

Xiamen new brt system
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beautiful! just like Dalian and Qingdao, these medium coastal cities are the best looking ones

I'd like to find out what county or city in Fujian where most of Indonesian Chinese ancestors from. Anyhow, Xiamen is indeed beautiful. It looks so clean and green! Is it true or just the good photos here? Thanks for posting!!

I know many overseas Chinese are originated from Xiamen and Putian of Fujian Province.

I've never been to Xiamen either. Xiamen is awarded one of the best livable cities in China but you may have to pay a visit to find out yourself :)

I would love to live there for some time :)

Xiamen Wuyuan Bay 五缘湾

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(xinhua forum)

Xiamen: Favored destination for those at home and abroad


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Gulangyu in Ximan. A Xiamen, a sub-provincial city in Fujian province that looks out to the Taiwan Straits, was recently voted one of China's cleanest cities and its second-most comfortable city to live in. (File Photo)


BEIJING, Jan 9 -- Xiamen, a sub-provincial city in Fujian province that looks out to the Taiwan Straits, was recently voted one of China's cleanest cities and its second-most comfortable city to live in.

Xiamen and the surrounding countryside areas are famous as ancestral homes to overseas Chinese and one of China's earliest Special Economic Zones in the 1980s. It covers an area of more than 1,500 sq km with a local population of 5 million.

Xiamen boasts one of the most vibrant economies on the east coast of China. In 2007, its GDP amounted to 137.5 billion yuan, an increase of 16.1 percent over the previous year. Its per capita GDP was 56,595 yuan. By the year 2010, the GDP is expected to rise to 14,000 U.S. dollars per head. Xiamen aims to establish itself as a thriving center for shipping, logistics, finance, commerce, tourism, convention, exhibition, culture and education on the east coast of China.

Xiamen is one of the most competitive cities in China. It was ranked No 9 among 200 competitive cities of China in 2005. It was in the top in the fields of government management, corporate management, environment, infrastructure and openness.

It was also awarded the title of the 5th Golden City among 120 competitive cities of China presided by the World Bank in 2006. It was in the top 20 in the fields of investment environment and government efficiency responded by mainland and foreign enterprises, the main indexes the rank included.

Xiamen enjoys convenient transportation conditions. It is a major road, air, and shipping hub connecting the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, two largest and dynamic economic development zones in east China.

Xiamen Port is one of the top 10 ports and one of the eight largest container terminals in China and ranked 22nd among top ports 100 worldwide. It has an excellent natural harbor and is well connected to the mainland.

The natural coastline in the port area is 202.3 km with a water depth of at least 17 m. There are 124 berths for ships with big, medium and small tonnage, of which 40 can handle container ships of over 10,000 tons.

Xiamen Port has 137 container shipping lines that carry 490 vessels each month covering nearly all major ports in the world. As the first port authorized to handle direct cargo shipping to Taiwan, its throughput with Taiwan now exceeds 3 million containers.

It also has routes to Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, America, Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf and Middle East.

Xiamen Airport, linked to 82 locations round the world, is one of the top 10 airports and the fourth busiest airport for entry and exit in China. It has become a regional air hub next only to Shanghai.

It has 37 international and regional air routes including flights to Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Kula Lumpur, Penang, Manila, Bangkok, Yabi, Kuching, HK and Macao, as well as air cargo services to Chicago, Los Angles and Nagoya. Xiamen Airport has Grade I & II warehouses under customs inspection, providing integrating services of cargo delivery, customs brokering and inspection, and distribution.

Xiamen is one of the 47 highway hubs verified by Chinese Ministry of Communications. It is linked to the national highway network through Fuzhou-Xiamen Expressway, Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou Expressway and other top-class roads, leading to all major destinations round China.

As one of the most important hubs on China's Great Railway along the Coast, it has extended its rail lines to Dongdu and Haicang Port Areas, while connecting to the national rail network through Yingtan-Xiamen Railway.

Xiamen has more than 410 financial institutions providing highly developed banking services. Retail and corporate customers in Xiamen have access to a wide variety of financial services and various financial services firm.

HSBC (HK), United Overseas Bank (Singapore), Standard Chartered (UK), Citibank (USA), Mizuho Corporate Bank (Japan) and other 14 foreign-funded banks established branches and representative offices in Xiamen besides 11 domestic commercial banks and Sino-foreign joint venture Xiamen International Bank.

Xiamen has become one of China's major ports for foreign trade and cross-Straits trade. China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) is held here annually in early Sept to attract foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland. The 12th CIFIT on Sept. 8, 2008, attracted 13,685 foreigners and 445 foreign institutions from over 100 countries and regions.
(Source: China Daily)

LU HO BO???

WA SI AMOY LANG, WA AI AMOY !!!

^^ Hokkien?

^^ Does anyone know why most scenes whether at the Beijing Capital T3 or in landscaping as in several of the above scenes have flowers and ornamentals still in the pots? The look appears rather tacky and temporary. Why not just take the flowers out of the pot and put them in the ground?

Most of the time when landscaping involves flowers in the USA, the flowers are taken from the pot and put into the ground. And, when flowers are used at major airports the landscapers usually bury the plants directly into the ground or a larger fixture designed for trees, ornamentals and flowers.

What am I missing in the way landscape design is done in China? Just curious.

Thanks for any replies.:dunno:

ive been to xiamen and it is a nice place. really love to go back someday..

我来个这座城市一次

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兄弟们啊 死链接太多了！

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(xinhuanet forum)

Business Blitz in China
By , 23 Feb 2009

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Vice President Noli "Kabayan" de Castro, also chairman of the Housing and Urban Dvelopment Coordinating Council (HUDCC), leads the groundbreaking (upper photo) in Xiamen for the Eton Center, developed by the Eton Properties Xiamen Ltd., which is managed by the Lucio Tan Group of Companies. Joining him at the ground breaking are He Li Feng, party secretary of the CPC Committee of Xiamen City and chairman of the Stranding Committee of Xiamen Municipal People's Congress, business magnate Dr. Lucio Tan and his wife Carmen.

Also, de Castro is briefed by Hans Sy, SM Prime Holdings president, as he tours the SM xiamen branch, one of the three SM malls in China (the two others are in Jinjiang and Chengdu). De Castro's three-day visitto Xiamen included meetings with key business Chinese leaders on increasing trade and investments. The meeting was attended by notes Filipino-Chinese businessmen and officers of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

xiamen is a nice place..i love xiamen.

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This looks so beautiful. Anybody knows where it's located in Xiamen?

^^ That's 未来海岸 residential complex in 海沧 district, west of Xiamen island.

Xiamen, these new glass buildings are very nice!

Taken from here (http://forum.home.news.cn/detail/76933521/1.html)

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By 四化 from a Chinese photography forum (http://www.photofans.cn/forum/showthread.php?forumid=39&threadyear=2011&threadid=74768&action=&word=&searchusername=&page=1) :

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a city with sea and beach is great~

Xiamen university
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Bird's Eye View of Xiamen by 576395856 (http://www.youtube.com/user/576395856#g/u)
Bird's eye view of Xiamen and some interesting places, like oceanarium, temple, museum, botanical garden, etc.

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which one is bigger Xiamen or Fuzhou?

which one is bigger Xiamen or Fuzhou?

Fuzhou is bigger in area and population, but Xiamen is much more important because of its economy.

Fuzhou is bigger in area and population, but Xiamen is much more important because of its economy.

Just if you count the whole sub provincial city of Fuzhou. If you count only the city/urban area, they should be about equal now, or Xiamen might be slightly ahead. Xiamen grew from 2 million to 3.5 million in 10 years now. In percentage, thats near the top of any chinese city from what I can gather from the last census.

http://www.geohive.com/cntry/cn-35.aspx