The Xiamen Area of China (Fujian) Pilot Free Trade Zone – located in the city of Xiamen, in East China's Fujian province – is a pilot FTZ that is well served by its infrastructure, its maritime sector – as well as its land, air and railways transportation and by it being a primary cruise ships homeport.
I. Location
• A port city with a long and established history
• A major gateway connecting the Chinese mainland to the world
• A strategic node on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
• A strategic platform for cross-Straits dialogue and cooperation
• A key international shipping hub
• A pivot city in the national dual circulation strategy and home to three comprehensive bonded zones
II. Well-connected port
• One of the top four cruise ships homeports in China
• The first zone in China to deploy the supervision model of "Bonded Supplies of Imported Food to Cruises"
• One of the top six international airport hubs in the Chinese mainland
• 187 air routes, including direct flights to over 120 cities
• High-speed railways: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in three hours; Shanghai in five hours
• Shenyang-Haikou Expressway, Xiamen-Chengdu Expressway
• China-Europe (Xiamen) Railway Express, a new logistics route of national significance
• One of the top four international shipping centers in China
• A crucial container port connecting international shipping arteries
• A major port for cross-Straits shipping
• The 7th and 13th largest port in China and the world, respectively, by container throughput
III. Open business environment
• Innovation Base of the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution
• National cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot area
• National cultural export base
• National demonstration city for supply chain innovation, applications
• Pilot city for new international offshore trade
• Pilot city for architect accountability system
• National cross-Straits youth entrepreneurship base
• Pilot city for innovation in bonded supervision of integrated circuits
• China Xiamen (Kitchen & Bath) Speedy IPR Protection Center
• 144-hour visa-free transit facility