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s 高就撑杆跳，如果还是沒办法，就跳 ▲ 伞进去。——南希 裴洛西 (政治家) he Xiamen Bay Marine Tourism Company 小课堂 · launched last weekend a luxury night cruise ser- Vocabulary生词库 Tvice christened the Gulangyu Night Roundabout christen milestone Cruise. The route is serviced by the Lujiang Star, a [ˈkrɪsn] [ˈmaɪlstəʊn] four-deck luxury liner that is more than 49 meters 命名 里程碑 long. Tickets for the 90-minute voyage go for 169 yu- an per person. The cruise includes tea and wine, Min- In the News nan-style snacks and live entertainment. The local mar- 鹭岛一周 ket currently includes seven night cruise offerings that serve more than 3,000 visitors per day. (Translated by Nanchang-Ganzhou high Zhang Jinghong) speed rail route to open 昌赣高铁年底通车

Railway authorities announced last week XM expands presence Gulangyu and Bashbaliq City announce friendship agreement an acceleration in the construction schedule for the 415-kilometer high speed railway linking as international avia⁃ 鼓浪屿“牵手”北庭故城 Nanchang and Ganzhou. When it begins opera- tion hub tion at the end of the year, travel time will be City officials last week announced reduced to four hours between Xiamen and 厦门成为我国主要国 that Gulangyu signed an agreement to be- Jinggang Mountain, one of Jiangxi's most popu- 际中转城市 came Friendship World Heritage Sites lar tourism attractions. Representatives of the with Bashbaliq City in Jimsar, Xinjiang. city's Transportation Bureau an- Representatives of both sites said that the nounced recently that Xiamen's partnership will help to protect the sites XM's per capita disposable international passenger transit and to build cultural awareness. City offi- income rises volume now ranks fifth in Chi- cials also expressed hope that the agree- na. Airlines currently service ment will lead to the joint development of 上半年厦门人均可支配收入增10% The Xiamen Survey Team of the National over 120 international cities via cultural and tourism resources. more than 180 routes. Bureau of Statistics announced last week that Xiamen's airport in 2018 per capita disposable income for Xiamen resi- processed 201,000 internation- XM debuts standards for online car-hailing services dents overall hit 29,242 yuan in the first half of al-international transfers and 厦门发布全国首个网约车地方标准 2019, up 10 percent year-on-year. Per capita 745,000 international-domestic disposable income for urban residents was 30, transfers. The total number of Xiamen authorities last week issued ulation is expected. The oversight pro- 666 yuan, a yearly increase of 8.3 percent international transit passengers a new set of local standards for online gram is designed to improve the safety while per capita disposable income for rural rose by 30 percent car-hailing services. The regulatory frame- and convenience of the local car-hailing residents was 15,068 yuan, up by more than 10 work covers operating conditions, service industry, which currently provides service percent year-on-year. As a whole, Xiamen year-on-year. (Translated by standards, operation management, infor- to more than 600,000 passengers per notched the highest income growth in . Zhang Jinghong) mation security and safety and emergency day. A total of six online car-hailing en- (Translated by Zhang Jinghong) solutions as well as supervision and man- terprises encompassing 21,000 vehicles Xiamen Public Fitness agement. and more than 51,000 drivers are current- XM cruise home port sets Local officials added that further reg- ly permitted to operate in Xiamen. Games set to kick off new records 厦门市全民健身运动 -Pingtan railway to open in 2020 厦门母港再创历史新高 会 8 月 8 日开幕 Representatives of the Xiamen Internation- The annual Xiamen Public 福平铁路明年 6 月将通车 al Cruise Home Port Group said last week that Fitness Games is set to open on Construction wrapped up recently on gle Station, Changle East Station and the city received 61 cruise ships in the first half August 8, according to city offi- the Pingtan Strait cross-sea bridge, a key Songxia Station before terminating at the of this year, ranking second in China and up by cials. The games will consist of portion of the Fuzhou-Pingtan high-speed Pingtan Station. When the high-speed rail- more than 48 percent year-on-year. Passenger 10 athletic events including railway. Stretching more than 88 kilome- way opens to traffic in June 2020, it will throughput reached 186,000 in the first half of five-a-side soccer, three-a-side ters, the Fuzhou-Pingtan railway runs shorten the travel time beteen Xiamen the year, up by 35 percent and ranking fourth in basketball, air volleyball, bad- from the and con- and Pingtan to two hours. the country. (Translated by Molly Li) minton, table tennis, tennis, go nects to the Fuzhou South Station, Chan- chess (weiqi), Chinese chess, international chess and a 10-ki- lometer race. Participants may Import and export trade volume rises in XM sign up online one week in ad- 上半年厦门进出口总值 2954.2 亿元 vance by following the 厦 门 体 The Xiamen Municipal Bureau of year-on-year, while imports declined by 育 WeChat public account or Commerce announced at a press confer- 1.2 percent to 128 billion yuan. The city's by registering directly at room ence last week that the city's total import trade surplus jumped by 55 percent to 1308 in the Xiamen Daily build- and export trade value topped 295 billion 38.9 billion yuan. Xiamen's total import ing at 122 Luling Road. (Trans⁃ yuan in the first half of the year, up by 3.8 and export value accounted for 46.5 per- lated by Molly Li) percent year-on-year. Exports accounted cent of Fujian's total, trailed by Fuzhou for 167 billion yuan, rising 7.9 percent and Quanzhou.