Xiamen is home to travelers from all over the world - a record of the development of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone over the past 40 years

In October 1980, the State Council approved the establishment of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone, opening a new chapter in open development for this land. Today, 40 years have passed, riding on the spring breeze of reform and opening up, and the coastal defense frontline, which was once filled with smoke, is moving towards a modern international city with high quality and good looks.

Open Door

Huli, 2.5 square kilometers, is the origin of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone. On October 15, 1981, with a loud bang and smoke rising from the construction site, the construction of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone began.

In early 1982, Indonesian overseas Chinese Chen Yingdeng signed an investment contract with Xiamen City and became the first foreign businessman to set up a wholly-owned factory in the Xiamen Special Economic Zone. "I am Chinese. Instead of setting up a factory abroad, it is better to come to Xiamen."

Over the past 40 years, factories have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain in the Xiamen Special Economic Zone. Multinational companies are coming in droves, and Fortune 500 companies such as Dell and General Motors are rushing to land.

Singapore Technology Engineering Co., Ltd., a world-renowned aircraft fuselage repairer, has set up its second engine repair factory in Xiamen. The joint venture Xiamen Xinke Aerospace Company has maintained a compound annual growth rate of 30% in the past 10 years. . "Our customers have spread all over Indonesia, Thailand, India, etc. Xiamen City's strong support in investment promotion and Internet communication has boosted the company's confidence in further development and growth." said Lin Tianqin, general manager of Xiamen Xinke Aerospace Company.

Over the past 40 years, Xiamen’s industrial structure has been completely transformed. The Xiamen Free Trade Area has activated 14 high-quality development platforms such as aviation maintenance, integrated circuits, and cross-border e-commerce, and has become the country's third largest aircraft financing leasing area, the second largest imported wine port, and the largest one-stop aviation maintenance base. .

An inclusive and modern Xiamen is sharing the fruits of open development with the world. Driven by artificial intelligence, Xiamen Meitu Company has created a series of software and hardware products around "beauty" such as Meitu Xiuxiu, Beauty Camera, Meipai, etc. Its overseas popularity continues to soar, and its business scope has expanded to more than 100 countries and regions. .

The China-Europe (Xiamen) train, known as the "Steel Camel Team", has developed from the initial "one line" to the "one network" that now covers many countries in Europe and Central Asia, with a total of There are more than 800 trains, which has become a distinctive mark of China’s expansion of opening up. 51 routes named after "Silk Road Shipping" start from Xiamen Port, gathering elements such as ports, shipping, logistics, trade, finance, and information, connecting the four seas and reaching five continents.

In the past 40 years, Xiamen has transformed from a once closed coastal defense frontline into an open city favored by international capital. Its area has increased by more than 600 times.

Place of Innovation

At the Xiamen Electronic Information Industry Development Conference held at the end of August, Xiamen Torch High-tech Zone signed 11 projects including the Dell Server Industry Ecological Cooperation Project, with a total investment of 20.6 billion yuan, involving smart transportation, new displays, third-generation semiconductors, servers and other sub-sectors.

"Small but sophisticated is the characteristic of Xiamen enterprises. Many hidden champions in market segments were born in Xiamen. Relying on the power of innovation, Xiamen has gathered a group of high-quality enterprise clusters and cultivated 2,512 'three high' enterprises." 'Enterprise." said Ni Jie, chief engineer of Xiamen Torch High-tech Zone.

Starting from a "test field" of less than 1 square kilometers on the island, with the in-depth implementation of the cross-island development strategy, Xiamen Torch High-tech Zone has now developed into "one district and nine parks", and the developed parks only account for Xiamen 2% of the land area contributes 43% of the city's industrial output value.

"Xiamen is a city of innovation and entrepreneurship." Zhang Zhihong, director of the Xiamen Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said that Xiamen already has 1,928 national high-tech enterprises, accounting for about 40% of Fujian Province. In recent years, Xiamen has made great efforts to integrate The "three new" industries such as circuits and biomedicine have been cultivated and formed into 8 industrial chains worth 100 billion yuan, including flat panel display, software information, and shipping logistics.

Behind the continuous stimulation of enterprise innovation vitality, Xiamen's market economic system and mechanism reform continues to advance.

Reform the state-owned assets management system and create impressive achievements in the development of local state-owned enterprises; gradually establish the special zone financial system and establish the country's first Sino-foreign joint venture bank; deepen the reform of the fiscal and taxation and price circulation systems; implement paid land transfer and The public bidding system for commercial land...

This is a "test field". Since the establishment of the special zone, Xiamen has been shouldering the mission of exploring the path for the country's reform and opening up experiments, forging its open and inclusive mind and the courage to venture and try.

City of Civilization

Yundang Lake, an urban wetland park in the bustling center of Xiamen, is known as Xiamen’s “urban living room”. Here there are flowers in bloom, the water is clear and the shore is green, egrets are flying together, and man and nature live in harmony. It’s hard to imagine that 40 years ago, passers-by would pass by with their noses in the water by Yuandang Lake.

"Yundang Lake was originally Yuandang Port. In the 1970s, due to large-scale mountain reclamation and embankment construction, it became an inner lake. The water body exchange power was lost, causing the lake to stink, fish and shrimp Extinct.

"Wei Daojun, director of the Yuandang Lake Protection Center, said that since the establishment of the special zone, Xiamen City has embarked on a tough battle to improve the environment of Yuandang Lake. After five phases of comprehensive management, Yuandang Lake has now been completely transformed, and its "tide diversion and running water" technology has also attracted Japanese people. Learn from the experience.

One city is full of spring flowers, and half of it is covered by sea waves. While maintaining the "high quality" of economic development, Xiamen coordinates the development of ecology, people's livelihood, culture and other fields, and achieves the goal of achieving a harmonious future in the city. In order to protect the Chinese white dolphin during urban development and construction, Xiamen City did not hesitate to change the cross-sea channel plan from a bridge to a tunnel, which greatly increased the cost; it was specially reserved to protect the egrets. Lantau Island.

Xiamen is building a national ecological civilization pilot zone with high standards and continues to create a "city blooming in the garden": nearly 60% of the city's land area is included in the ecological control line, and the air quality is stable. Ranking among the top in the country

Xiamen is a beautiful city and its people are beautiful.

Every weekend or holiday, Wang Zhongwu will put on a red vest and take his family to Zhongshan, where there are the most tourists. Volunteer service at Lu Commercial Street.

“Volunteer service has become a lifestyle habit for us, helping others while also improving ourselves. " Wang Zhongwu said.

There are more than 700,000 registered volunteers like Wang Zhongwu in Xiamen, accounting for about one-sixth of the total permanent population.

In 2019, Xiamen Launched the construction of "Love Xiamen", focusing on the social groups most in need of help, and implemented five major actions: caring for the disabled, caring for the elderly, and loving the poor.

Xiamen has won the "five consecutive championships" as a national civilized city. The cultural background is deeply rooted in the core of this city and externalized into the actions of every Xiamen person.