

Zhu Zhiwen, vice-minister of China's Ministry of Education, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the University Consortium of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Oct 20. [Photo/xmnn.cn]

A Xiamen Declaration is released at the opening ceremony of the University Consortium of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Oct 20. [Photo/xmnn.cn]
China has decided to extend its visa waiver policy to ordinary passport holders from Canada and the United Kingdom starting from Feb 17.
Forty-one new port-of-entry duty-free shops have been established nationwide, with Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport, Xiamen Wutong Passenger Wharf, and Xiamen International Cruise Center included on the list.