Of the total, 27,186 people took part in the full marathon and 18,826 took part in the 5-km race.
The festival, which features 30km professional group walking, 15km amateur group walking and 5km family group walking, will attract about 10,000 walkers from home and abroad, including a number of Olympic champions, the organizers added.
The Chinese city of Xiamen plans to build a Xiamen Garden in its friendship city of Trier, Germany. "We have finished the construction drawings.
The international influence of Xiamen local designers Ji Wenbo and Zeng fengfei--both winners of The Jinding Award, the highest award in domestic fashion--and newly emerging designers such as Shangguan Zhe and Wan Yifang also helped to get Xiamen’s fashion industry into the international spotlight.
Visitors learn about the city planning of Xiamen around a sand table at an exhibition booth during the 7th China International Fair for Investment in Property in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, Sept 7, 2015.
A working team from Bahrain - the guest country of honor for the 19th China International Fair for Investment & Trade (CIFIT) - landed in Xiamen on August 4, one month ahead of the fair's launch on Sept 8.
[Photo/Xinhua] An advertisement of newly-launched Xiamen-Amsterdam airline route at an airport in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian province, July 26, 2015.