Xiamen officials and business representatives were invited to attend the 2017 BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Governments Cooperation Forum held in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, from July 11 to 13.
Members of the Russian Karelia State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra perform at the 2017 Kulangsu (Gulangyu) Music Festival opening ceremony in Gulangyu Island of Xiamen, Fujian province on July 13.
With giant banyan trees shading its graceful European mansions, Gulangyu looks like a Mediterranean island in the South China Sea.
A report shows that cyclists in Xiamen, Fujian province, ride the most bikes in China.
Su Xiaodong owns a bookstore on Gulangyu Island and he has called it "wormhole".
Xiamen sends a delegation to attend the 17th Conference on Overseas Chinese Pioneering and Developing in China held between July 7 and 9 in Wuhan, Hubei province.
Mao Lei arrived at Xiamen University Malaysia to teach Chinese history in February last year.