World Habitat City - live suitably in Xiamen

It’s a nice city for living and best to stay there for months and taste the melody of this city.

Xiamen (Another name - Amoy) is the locals of the most beautiful coastal cities of Fujian province. Located at the mouth of the Jiulong River, includes the city of Xiamen) Xiamen Iceland, Gulangyu Islet and Tong’an County (mainland. As one of the first special economic zones in China, it is well developed in infrastructure and diverse in culture.

Salty sea air and plenty of sunny days, so the city is a popular tourist destination. During the summer months, often the high temperatures of the thirties (around 100 º F chilled) driving sweaty locals and holidaymakers to the beach around. Although surrounded by beaches, some banks tend to Xiamen’s are not guarded, or a little grubby. Swimmers are advised to join the masses on the official bathing beaches.

Apart from its generous tax cuts for foreign investors, Xiamen is probably best for Gulangyu, a small island only by ferry from Xiamen Island, south-western coast. Cars are banned on Gulangyu and pedestrian traffic there, although a small armada of electrically powered golf cart-style vehicles are available to whisk leg-weary or less price-conscious tourists between scenic spots.

History

Xiamen, blessed with a deep water ice and silt free port, has a long history of foreign trade. The trade with Europe began in the mid-15th Century, when tea leaves were exports. The increase in trade relations and dealing with foreign cultures over the centuries has been to Xiamen left hand, now in a unique “city of Sino-Mediterranean architecture, local settings and hospitality.

In the early 1980s, under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping, Xiamen has been designated a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and started a new wave of foreign trade and growth. Significant tax and other incentives lead to an influx of foreign firms and the creation of a large number of factories.

In 1999, Xiamen “lost face” on the world stage revealed as the biggest corruption scandal in Chinese history. About 200 officials and members of the local Public Security Bureau were involved in it, threw the leadership of a major smuggling operation whose proceeds were used to build a movie studio and various other systems, invested to finance the local soccer team fund and into a brothel .

Climate

There are basically no bad time to visit Xiamen, but if you plan on jumping into the South China Sea, it would be late spring to early autumn is the best time to visit. The climate is subtropical monsoon, so expect summer rains. Average annual temperature is a comfortable 21 º C (70 F) with peak heights of just over 38 º C (100 ° F) and lows at 2 ° C (36 º F).