In the first half of this year, Xiamen registered a total of 480 billion yuan ($67.16 billion) in foreign trade.
Zhang Quan, director general of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xiamen Municipal People's Government, met with a delegation led by Hiroshi Kawakami, deputy chief representative of Marubeni Corporation China, on July 11.
Leaders and senior officials from countries across the world have hailed the Global Development Initiative as a powerful tool to advance the prosperity of developing countries as President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message on the opening of a major conference on realizing the GDI.
The port city of Xiamen – located in East China's Fujian province – recently rolled out a special action plan to facilitate cross-border trade in 2023.
More than a century ago, some United States citizens began living in Kuliang, a famous summer retreat in Fuzhou, Fujian province, joining thousands of other foreigners. They later became part of the China-US friendship, working and living in harmony with local Chinese.
Dubbed a window of China's opening-up, the coastal city of Xiamen located in the eastern province of Fujian has been at the forefront of paving the way for high-quality development.
People from Taiwan have said that the congratulatory letter from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, has boosted their confidence in the integrated and peaceful development of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
