Fifty buses powered by natural gas will start servicing residents in Xiamen beginning at the end of July this year. These buses can be easily spotted with their green body paint – a clear distinction from the yellow-painted buses powered by diesel ... Read More>>
As a special New Year's present, the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Center will bring "Ji Li" the panda to the Haicang Wildlife Zoo in Xiamen on January 1st. Ji Li was born on July 23, 2007 and weighs 91 kg. http://www.echinacities.com/xiamen/list... Read More>>
Xiamen Lantern Festival will be taking place on Zhuzhan Island from February 2 – 17 and will feature everything you need in a New year lantern festival. Read More>>
Things will get loud at Xiamen’s Jihe Art on January 10, when Subjam's Miji Festival 2013 returns with its lengthy line-up of noisemakers. Read More>>
Xiamen’s Chinese European Art Center will hold a film festival from January 17-24. Read More>>
The 2012 Xiamen International Wushu (Martial Arts) Competition will be held at the Haicang Gymnastic Center September 22-24. More than 2,000 martial arts practitioners from eight countries will be participating in this year’s competition, which will ... Read More>>
The first yacht market in China is set to open in Wuyuan Bay, Xiamen. Covering approximately 1200 sqm, it will offer customers a comprehensive range of small and medium-sized yachts, including fishing boats, sailing boats, kayaking and canoes. See also: ... Read More>>
On October 19th, “Legend of the Seas”, a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean International, will have its maiden voyage from Xiamen cruise ship port headed to Taiwan and Hong Kong. Each cruise lasts for five days and four nights. Xiamen will ... Read More>>
On the evening of February 3rd, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the 2011 Spring Festival cross-strait fireworks show will be held in Xiamen. Fireworks will be set off simultaneously both near Wanyue slope of Huandao Road in Xiamen and at the seaport ... Read More>>
On October 3 the Long Bay Grassland Music Festival will be taking place in Xiamen. Along with the music there will be food, beer and games. Read More>>
The Beethoven Quartet will perform in Xiamen's Hongtai Concert Hall on November 11. The Quartet, composed of Antonio Nuñez, Laurentius Bonitz, Vahagn Aristakesyan, and Carlos Conrad, is the world's only ensemble devoted exclusively to the works of ... Read More>>
Xiamen Medical University professor Fu Jinwen was dismissed after investigations revealed her Columbia University PhD degree had been forged. The school made public yesterday their decision to release Ms. Fu from her contract, further stating she would also ... Read More>>
The CEAC Video Exhibition will be open at the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen until October 13. The exhibition will feature works from four artists: Anne Marie van Splunter, Sabina Maria van der Linden, Rumiko Hagiwara, and Wineke Gartz. Website: ... Read More>>
According to the Xiamen Sports Bureau, over 55,800 people had registered for the 2012 Xiamen International Marathon as of December 2nd. There were 16,272 online registrations, 1,788 onsite registrations and 37,744 group registrations. Of these, 13,920 ... Read More>>
As of September 3rd, rides on the 14 "Rainbow" tourist shuttle, which connect all of the tourist spots in Xiamen, are free of charge. Visitors only need pay for the entrance fee of the attractions. The free "Rainbow" shuttle currently ... Read More>>
To meet summer travel demands, Xiamen Airlines will launch a dozen new flights including: Xiamen-Chongqing-Lijiang, Xiamen-Urumqi, Xiamen-Hohhot and Xiamen-Hailar. Read More>>
In the future, for anyone who wants to see a comprehensive overview of the properties for sale in Xiamen, he or her just needs to go to the Xiamen real estate market exhibition hall and see them all under one roof. It is a real estate version of a ... Read More>>
It may come as a surprise to some, but Xiamen is hosting its very own ice sculpture exhibition this year! The 2011 Ice Sculpture Exhibition opened in Xiamen’s Dudong Niushan Park on February 3rd and will run until February 2nd, 2012. According to ... Read More>>
Next year a “luxury overpass” on Jiahe Lu (嘉禾路), connecting phase I and phase II of SM Shopping Mall, will be completed. Different from normal overpasses, this one is completely sealed off and equipped with air-conditioning, lighting and fire ... Read More>>
The 2011 Xiamen Recreational Fishing Aquarium Exhibition, the fourth of its kind, will be held from October 14-16th at the E hall of Xiamen Convention and Conference Centre. Over 219 exhibitors from more than 20 provinces will display their best products. ... Read More>>
The American "Sound of Music" Choir will perform on August 10 at Hongtai Music Hall in Xiamen. The members of the singing group are the great-grandchildren of Agathe von Trapp, who was featured as Lisele in the original 1965 blockbuster film, ... Read More>>
Twelve parks including Music Island Park, Gaolin Park and Jinshang Park have been built in Xiamen this year, offering good spots for the city’s residents to enjoy leisure time. Next year, the city will continue to establish another 20 new parks, ... Read More>>
Taxi drivers in Xiamen, Fujian began a strike on Oct. 6th to demand lower administrative fees and higher starting fees for taxis, and 80% of all the taxis were still striking on the night of October 7th. Insiders say that the government is considering ... Read More>>
Xiamen Airlines launched flights from Xiamen to Wuyi Mountain starting Mar. 5, which now becomes the only flight connecting with a tourist resort in China at the moment. Flights between Xiamen and Wuyi Mountain are every three hours both ways – with a ... Read More>>