Xiamen in East China's Fujian province generated 178.7 billion yuan ($27.29 billion) in GDP in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 7.5 percent year-on-year.
The actual use of foreign investment in Xiamen, Fujian province, was 10.85 billion yuan ($1.68 billion) in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 40.9 percent year-on-year, and accounted for 56.9 percent of the province's total.
April 21 marked the seventh anniversary of the founding of the Xiamen Area of China (Fujian) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
Statistics show that Xiamen in Fujian province boasted foreign trade import and export volume worth 204.92 billion yuan ($32.12 billion) in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 9.7 percent year-on-year.
Xiamen Port ranked 13th worldwide in terms of container throughput in 2021, setting a record high.
In the first quarter, Xiamen Customs and the Xiamen Commission of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade issued 2,279 RCEP certificates of origin worth $170 million to 283 companies.
Three expats in Xiamen recently hosted a livestreaming event to share tips on epidemic prevention and control with their local counterparts.