Xiamen City is located along China's southeast coast and planted at the mouth of Jiulong River, with its back against Zhangzhou and Quanzhou plain and Kinmen i slands a few kilometers off shore, facing Taiwan Island and Penghu islands across the Taiwan Strait. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiamen was a prefecture-level city of Fujian Province. Xiamen Special Economic Zone was established in 1980 and then Xiamen was designated as a vice-provincial level city in 1994 including such 6 administrative districts as Siming, Huli, Jimei, Haicang, Tong'an and Xiang'an, the total resident population of the city was 2.43 million according to 2007 census.

　　Xiamen City is composed of Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island, coastal regions at the north bank of Jiulong River and Tong'an District. with a land area of about 1,565 km2 and a sea area of more than 300 km2, Xiamen is recognized as an international scenic port city. The main part of Xiamen-Xiamen Island, covering an area of about 132.5 km2, is the fourth largest island of Fujian Province and enjoys long and winding coastline with a total length of 234 km. Numerous islands are dotted beyond Xiamen Harbor with the surrounding of mountains. Xiamen Harbor is of natural strait-type, with deep water and ice-free all year round, serving as an important port for foreign trade along China southeast coast in history.

　　Xiamen enjoys a beautiful environment and Xiamen residents adopt an honest and simple life style. It has won the titles of "National Model City of Social Development", "National Sanitary City", "National Garden City", "National Model City for Environmental Protection", "Excellent Tourism City of China", "International Garden City". Xiamen is also one of the Top 10 Tourism Cities of China and one of the ports that receive the most international cruisers in China.

　　Xiamen has turned into the most dynamic central city along China's southeast coast since the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy over 2 decades ago. In 2007 Xiamen accomplished preliminarily a GDP of 137.526 billion Yuan and a per capita GDP of 56,595 Yuan (equivalent to 7,398 USD), an increase of 11.3% compared with that of the previous year. The city's total financial revenue was 34.844 billion Yuan, a net growth of 8.109 billion Yuan compared with that of the previous year.

　　Xiamen is a modern, vigorous and open city. Its favorable business environment has contributed much to the rapid development of Xiamen's economy. As of today, Xiamen, as one of the key port cities of China, has established economic relations with more than 180 countries and regions around the world. Numerous well-known multinational companies such as GE, Kadak, Dell, Boeing, Wal-mart, ABB, Philips, NEC, TDK have made their presence established their headquarters in Xiamen. According to statistics, 31 of the global Fortune 500 enterprises have funded 48 projects in Xiamen from electric equipment, plane maintenance to electronics and machinery. Foreign-funded enterprises serve as a might pillar for the economic development in Xiamen, achieving 84% of the city's industrial production value, 65% of export volume and 40% of tax payment.

　　Over the years, exhibition and event industry has developed rapidly in Xiamen, creating a great number of well-known exhibition brands. On Sep. 8 the "golden key" of the annual CIFIT (China International Fair for Investment & Trade) opens the gate to fortune, a grand gathering for the global financial investors in Xiamen. Xiamen has successfully held the event for 11 years and provided an opportunity for global capital. CIFIT has made itself a golden business card in communication and cooperation with foreign countries.

　　（Editor:ShenJiaju）