Two young individuals from Benin, a country in Africa, completed training and examinations in Xiamen, obtaining seafarer certificates on July 19.

The 2024 Cross-Strait (Xiamen-Kinmen) Seafarer Skills Competition, titled "Joining Hands in a New Era, Sharing a New Future", kicked off in Xiamen, Fujian province on June 22.

As of April 2024, a total of seven training sessions had been held, with 146 Taiwan compatriots obtaining mainland seafarer certificates in Fujian province.

The Xiamen Free Trade Zone administration committee has recently issued "several measures for incentivizing talent innovation and entrepreneurship in Xiamen FTZ”, which started the application process.

Over 100 youths from Taiwan have completed the joint cross-Strait international cruise crew training program and obtained seafarer certificates in Xiamen.

The National Chip Fire Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base in the Xiamen Free Trade Zone has been excelling in talent attraction and cultivation programs.

The inaugural Xiamen high-level talents studying abroad training event was successfully held from Oct 27 to 29.

Recent efforts to improve the business climate for foreign businesses, including measures to facilitate the entry of company executives and their family members, will help China integrate more deeply into the global economy, said officials and experts.