"We hope that the Cross-Straits Paper Art Expo will inspire more creativity between paper artists and participants from Chinese mainland and Taiwan," said Xia Min, honorary president of the expo's organizing committee in a recent interview with Xiamen Daily.
Xiamen in East China's Fujian province, along with Suzhou and Wuhan, was recently honored as a Software City in China by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, local media reported.
Tomigawa Seibu, vice-governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan, led a delegation to visit Xiamen, Fujian province on March 13 in a bid to explore further cooperation between the two places, local media reported.
The Haixiang dock in Xiang'an district, Xiamen city recently passed the municipal acceptance inspection for open ports, indicating its readiness for import-export business, local media reported.
Preliminary planning of an electricity grid that will send mainland power to Jinmen and Matsu - islets near Taiwan that also lie off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province - has been completed, according to a national lawmaker from Xiamen.
The Xiamen International Marathon was hailed by the Chinese Athletics Association as the Gold Label Road Race, according to a news conference held by the CAA in Xiamen, Fujian province on March 11.
Turkey expects to further cooperation with Xiamen, said Emin Onen, ambassador of Turkey to China, at a meeting with Han Jingyi, deputy mayor of Xiamen, Fujian province on March 7.
