The cruise industry gave a significant boost to Xiamen's cultural tourism market this summer, with Xiamen Port recording 15 cruise ship calls and more than 50,000 passenger visits by August.

In the Xiamen Free Trade Zone, industries such as embodied intelligence robotics are growing steadily.

A new cell therapy R&D base, jointly established by the Administration of Xiamen Free Trade Zone and the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, was launched on July 14.

Spanning 67,000 sq m, the BRICS service hub offers public and specialized service centers, a sourcing center for smart manufacturing, and a business lounge.

The new facility will strengthen the development of the Southeast International Shipping Center and bolster Xiamen's role as a national logistics hub.

The world's first ISO 50100 (energy decarbonization management) certification project was launched on June 10 at the XMFTZ Global Innovation Center for Sustainable Development.

The shipment marked the first export cargo to use the new "single declaration, two submissions" model under the Fujian-Guangdong-Hong Kong Single E-Lock Scheme (SELS), a cross-border road cargo clearance program piloted by Xiamen Customs.

In the first quarter, the total revenue of Xiamen's aviation maintenance hub reached 4.99 billion yuan ($731.5 million), a year-on-year increase of 23.4 percent.