
Xiamen recently donated 105 books to its sister city in the Philippines, Cebu, to celebrate Cebu-Xiamen Friends Day which falls on Oct 26.
The books, from Xiamen Library and Xiamen International Book Company, are about Chinese history, culture and research literature about Xiamen.
The two cities established sister-city relations on October 26, 1984. Cebu is the Philippines's largest economic center. It contains many rapidly developing factories catering to the coconut oil, tobacco, sugar, ceramics and beverage industries.
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