Xiamen, known as the ‘Egret Island’, located on the South East coast overlooking the Taiwan Strait, with a population of 4.3 million around, is a vibrant seafront city with a unique nineteenth century European flavour and charm, natural beauty and a flourishing economy. Primary economic activities include fishing, shipbuilding, food processing, tanning, textiles, machine tool manufacturing, chemical industries, telecommunications and financial services. Voted one of the most livable cities in China, and with its subtropical climate, Xiamen is an increasingly popular leisure destination and boasts a host of places of interest including the world cultural heritage site-Gulangsu Island and Nanputuo Temple renowned as one of China’s oldest.