2001年2月,厦门市在国民经济和社会发展到第十个五年计划中,提出推动厦门城市形态和城市功能的转变,逐步实现由海岛型城市向海湾城市转变的建设思路,在“十五”期间构建“城市在海上,海在城市中”的海湾型城市框架。2002年2月,厦门市十一届人大第五次会议通过的《政府工作报告》中指出,今年政府的一项主要工作,是推进海湾城市建设。“海湾型城市”概念的提出是厦门的创举,这是对原有“海岛型城市”模式的突破,也是明日厦门迈进世界海洋城市行列的一个过渡阶段。厦门又一次面临城市大发展的历史性机遇。然而,基于全新的起点构建厦门海湾型城市却是一项复杂的系统工程,如何科学地规划海湾型城市的发展目标、发展模式和发展方向,加快城市建设步伐,如何处理城市空间拓展与产业发展的关系,在经济和城市建设快速发展的同时持续维系厦门特有的自然与人文遗产等等,都是摆在厦门城市经营者和建设者面前亟待研究与解决的战略课题和紧迫任务。在海湾型城市概念形成 February 2001, Xiamen City in the national economy and social development to the Tenth Five-Year Plan, put forward to promote the transformation of Xiamen city form and urban functions, and gradually realize the island-based cities to the Gulf city transformation of building ideas in the “ten Five ”during the construction of“ city in the sea, sea in the city ”bay city framework. In February 2002, the “Government Work Report” passed by the 5th Session of the Eleventh NPC in Xiamen pointed out that one of the major tasks of the government this year is to promote the construction of a gulf city. The proposal of the concept of “Gulf City” is the pioneering work of Xiamen. This is a breakthrough in the original “island city” mode and also a transitional phase for Xiamen to move into the ranks of the world’s marine cities tomorrow. Xiamen is once again facing the historic opportunity of urban development. However, it is a complicated systematic project to build Xiamen Bay City based on a new starting point. How to scientifically plan the development goal, development mode and development direction of the Gulf city, speed up the pace of urban construction, and how to deal with urban space expansion and industrial development The rapid development of economy and urban construction while continuing to maintain the unique natural and cultural heritage of Xiamen are the strategic issues and urgent tasks to be studied and solved urgently by city operators and builders in Xiamen. Formation in the Gulf city concept