Xiamen
厦门
Xiamen (Chinese厦门 市/厦门 市, pinyin Xiamen shì ) is a coastal city in southeastern China and in the south of Fujian province. She is one of 15 sub- provincial cities in the country. Its center is located on a barrier island to the mainland the same name and has its own airport.
General
Xiamen is also known under the local name of Amoy, which is the name of the local dialect at the same time. The city is one of the economic centers of China's coastal region. Xiamen has been dubbed Crane City, because supposedly migrating cranes had settled here. Before Xiamen Island is the famous Gulangyu Islet (鼓浪屿), which belongs to the municipality Siming. The city's climate is subtropical, the annual average temperature is around 21 ° C. Xiamen was voted China's cleanest town recently.
Administrative Divisions
Xiamen is made at the county level from six districts. Two of these districts - Siming and Huli - take the island of Xiamen ( Gulangyu including ) a:
- City Siming District思明区75 km ², 440,000 inhabitants ( 2002), south of Xiamen Island
- Huli District City湖里 区, 61 km ², 130,000 inhabitants ( 2002), north of the Xiamen Island
- Municipality Haicang海沧 区, 155 km ², 130,000 inhabitants ( 2002) in the southwest
- Municipality Jimei集美 区, 268 km ², 290,000 inhabitants ( 2002), in west-central
- Municipality Tong'an同安区, 658 km ², 330,000 inhabitants ( 2002), in the North West
- Municipality Xiang'an翔安 区, 352 km ², 250,000 inhabitants ( 2002), in the northeast
Ethnic structure of the population of Xiamen (2000)
The census of 2000 counted 2,053,070 inhabitants of Xiamen.
History
Xiamen was used as a trading port since 1541 by Europeans in the 19th century and was the main export port for tea. Xiamen was, until his retreat from the Qing Dynasty to Taiwan, the last stronghold of Zheng Chenggong ( Koxinga called ), which was known as the Warlord of the Ming Dynasty and pirate leader.
Economy
1981 Xiamen was one of the first four special economic zones in China. Since, 2001, as part of the Three Mini Links regular mail, transport and trade links to the nearby controlled by the Republic of China on Taiwan island of Kinmen.
Economic data:
- Gross domestic product: ¥ 64.8 billion yuan
- Gross domestic product per capita: ¥ 42,270 yuan - No.1 in Fujian
- Exports: 8,793 million U.S. dollars
- Imports: 6.391 million U.S. dollars
The gross domestic product per capita is here several times over the average for the province. Numbers: Fujian Statistical Yearbook 2003 ( 2002 figures)
In Greater Xiamen numerous manufacturers in the electrical industry have settled, so the Xiamen Hongfa Electroacoustic Co. Ltd., relay and electronic components - such as for household appliances - producing for the world market, including for the German market. Also located there is the active also in the European market companies Kinglong ( one of the largest bus manufacturer in the world), as well as the Neonlite Electronic & Lighting (HK) Ltd.. , Which produces energy saving lamps for the German IDV GmbH (see also Megaman ).
Among the nationally known companies from Xiamen is one of the airline Xiamen Airlines, which joined the third largest airline alliance, China Southern Airlines. The logo of Xiamen Airlines, a crane can be seen, the ( above) dating back to the cranes of Xiamen.
Education
Many leading universities are located in Xiamen. Among the leading university include the Xiamen University, Jimei University and the University of the overseas Chinese.
To a major education partnership university cooperation between the Jimei University counts ( 42,000 students) in the district and Jimei University of Technology Wildau in Germany, which was signed in 2008. Since then, a lively exchange between students and faculty from both universities has developed.
The Freshman Institute of Applied Sciences Aachen selects since 2007 in Xiamen part of its future international students as part of a full day assessment center from.
The Xiamen University runs a Confucius Institute at the University of Trier. In the international sphere has organized her " Xiamen Academy of International Law", which takes place once a year, have become important.
The City Vocational School Xiamen (厦门 城市 职业 学院, Xiamen City University ) maintains friendly contacts with universities in Poland, Italy and Germany.
Tourism
In 2002, 673 718 tourists visited the city of Xiamen, also due to its attractive coastline. But essential part of tourism is likely to be of Chinese tourism.
Major destination Xiamen, the island is only a few hundred meters away, Gulangyu, which is car-free and allows a view of the city Jimei school and on the mostly belonging to Taiwan island of Quemoy group. The crossing in standing with the passenger ferry that brings the track in a couple of minutes behind costs, there and back 8 RMB (Nov 2013). On Sundays, the ferry is closely filled. The island can be " hike " good in half a day. The paths are - Chinese tourism developed - not a natural way. The island is actually a gem of colonial architecture. Unfortunately, the condition of the buildings and the surrounding land is often miserable. There is much left to decay rate, although it would certainly worthy of preservation, particularly from a tourism perspective. The Organ Museum is disastrous from museum perspective. The aviary corresponds obviously not (more) international standard. Highlights: the statue of Zheng Chenggong ( Koxinga called ) and the Sunlight skirt ( 63m ), the latter with panoramic views from the highest point of the island. The island offers a paradigmatic example of a Chinese tourist attraction with its street vendors, restaurants and Devotionalienläden etc. Tourist attraction is also the seaside, traditional-style campus of Xiamen University.
From Xiamen from the round houses of the Hakka in Yongding county to be visited, which were included by UNESCO in the list of world cultural heritage in 2008.
Partnerships
Xiamen maintains numerous partnerships with foreign cities:
- Cardiff, United Kingdom ( since 1983)
- Sasebo, Japan (since 1983)
- Cebu in the Philippines ( since 1984)
- Baltimore in the United States (since 1985)
- Wellington in New Zealand ( since 1987)
- Penang in Malaysia (since 1991)
- Trier in Germany ( partnership decided since March 2009)
Pictures
Waterfront with several miles parallel to the coast Yanwu Bridge
Tan Kah Kee Memorial
An airplane is loaded on the Xiamen Airport with Dell computer parts
Zhongshan road
Old and new buildings in Xiamen
A ferry on the way to the island of Gulangyu
Nanputuo Temple