Fujian province's first cruise-to-nowhere voyage departed on Nov 1 from Xiamen International Cruise Center aboard the Adora Mediterranea, making Xiamen the fourth Chinese city, after Shanghai, Tianjin, and Shenzhen, to launch such a service.

Xiamen Airport has handled more than 100 million cross-border e-commerce export parcels this year, reaching this milestone over 40 days earlier than last year.

The second "Art Without Boundaries" and "Viki Lulu House" Young Artists Overseas Tour featuring 16 young Chinese artists opened in Kuala Lumpur.

Instead of sitting in open yards, the coal is now stored under cover, significantly reducing dust as the port works to cut emissions.

Backed by the Xiamen Free Trade Zone's National Cultural Export Base, a growing number of Xiamen studios are winning overseas audiences by putting cultural understanding at the heart of game design.

Selected for a national "Sailing Overseas" initiative backed by six government ministries, "Haiyun" platform now runs 17 vertical YouTube channels with 2,500 programs, over 78 million overseas views, and 76,000 subscribers.

The first China cultural exhibition tour across Mediterranean countries, submitted by the Xiamen FTZ's National Cultural Export Base, was selected as one of the "Sailing Overseas" plan's supported projects.

Once Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport opens in December, aviation fuel will be delivered by sea to the airport's unloading terminal and then piped to storage tanks to keep aircraft refueling running smoothly.