The 2018 Cross-Straits Dragon Boat Festival is set to take place from June 2 to 3 in Xiamen, Fujian province as part of the annual Cross-Straits Forum.
Rustam Minnikhanov, president of Russia's federal subject the Republic of Tatarstan, led a delegation to visit Xiamen from May 17 to 18 at the invitation of the governor of Fujian province.
Three pairs of high speed trains will run between Xiamen and Hong Kong daily for the first time from this September as part of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed network, Xiamen Daily reported on May 17.
The 2018 Art Amoy to show fine artworks from home and abroad is set to take place from May 25 to 28 at Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center.
More exchanges are expected with Ghana in trade, education, tourism and culture in the near future, Han Jingyi, deputy mayor of Xiamen, said on May 11.
A delegation of six young officials from Brunei visited Xiamen from May 9 to 12 to explore the city's economic and social development.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has become Xiamen's largest foreign trade partner in the first four months of this year with a total trade volume of 33.65 billion yuan ($5.28 billion), according to Xiamen Customs.