The first subway in Xiamen started to run on the last day of 2017 and over 24,000 passengers were transported within one hour.
Gambian President Adama Barrow paid a visit to Xiamen, Fujian province from Dec 22 to 24.
Xiamen, Fujian province received a delegation from northern Vietnam's province of Quang Ninh, which is also Fujian’s sister province, from Dec 20 to 23.
The Art Festival of Facing the Sea commences in Aotou, a small town in Xiamen, Fujian province on Dec 17, marking the beginning of Swedish Culture Year.
"创" (meaning "innovation" in English) was named the Chinese Character of the Year at the awards ceremony for the 2017 Cross-Straits Chinese Character Festival.
A group of 61 Malaysian teenagers of Chinese descent took part in a winter camp at the Chinese Language and Culture College of Huaqiao University in Xiamen, Fujian province from Dec 9 to 20.
A delegation led by the Publicity Department of the CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee paid a visit to the US earlier this month to promote Xiamen city after the BRICS Summit.
