The Cross-Straits Financial Development Research Center of Xiamen University was inaugurated in Fujian province on Dec 5. With the launch coming as part of the 2018 Cross-Straits Entrepreneurs Summit, the center attracted attention from many major players in the cross-Straits financial industry.
Grace Fu Hai Yien, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth of Singapore, led a delegation to visit Xiamen, East China's Fujian province from Dec 4 to 5.
Xiamen plays an important role in advancing Hong Kong's development, said Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, chief secretary for Administration of the HKSAR government.
Roughly 20 million passengers have made the trip between Xiamen in Fujian province and Jinmen, a county in Taiwan close to the Chinese mainland, following the "three exchanges" between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan 10 years ago, local media reported on Dec 4.
Representatives from 17 overseas Chinese media visited Xiamen, Fujian province on Nov 23 to record the great changes the city has experienced since China's reform and opening-up four decades ago.
