The findings show steady, broad-based improvement across all dimensions, with the strongest growth in 2025. Compared with 2022, Xiamen's ESG development index rose 17.7 percent by 2025, while its green development vitality index jumped 48.7 percent.

​One in every four coffee beans entering China arrives through Xiamen Port. Behind that statistic lies a full-chain operation built by the Xiamen Free Trade Zone — from shipping and bonded storage to trade facilitation, consumption and even recycling.

From its new headquarters Yuanqi plans to build a comprehensive innovation platform and work with industry partners to create an open, collaborative embodied AI ecosystem, positioning itself to capture the sector's growth opportunities.

The second Innovation Forum on ESG and Sustainable Industry Development, part of the Gulangyu Forum, took place on Sept 9 in Xiamen.

The cruise industry gave a significant boost to Xiamen's cultural tourism market this summer, with Xiamen Port recording 15 cruise ship calls and more than 50,000 passenger visits by August.

In the Xiamen Free Trade Zone, industries such as embodied intelligence robotics are growing steadily.

A new cell therapy R&D base, jointly established by the Administration of Xiamen Free Trade Zone and the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, was launched on July 14.

Spanning 67,000 sq m, the BRICS service hub offers public and specialized service centers, a sourcing center for smart manufacturing, and a business lounge.