厦门是中国近代史上最早开放的通商口岸,也是改革开放后最早设立的经济特区之一。作为我国对外开放的窗口,厦门吸引了众多的外资企业前来投资和创业,其中包括戴尔、林德、马士基等世界知名企业。在地理上,厦门和台湾地区一衣带水,是许多闽籍台胞的祖籍地,两地不仅血缘相亲、方言相同,而且在民俗、文化、商贸等方面有着共同的纽带。每年都有大批的台胞来厦门旅游、探亲、 Xiamen is the earliest treaty port opened in the modern history of China and one of the earliest SEZs set up after the reform and opening up. As a window to China’s opening to the outside world, Xiamen has attracted a large number of foreign-funded enterprises to invest and start their own businesses, including world famous enterprises such as Dell, Linde and Maersk. Geographically, a strip of water in Xiamen and Taiwan is the ancestral home of many Taiwanese compatriots in Taiwan. The two places have the same bloodline, the same dialect, and a common bond in folk customs, culture, commerce and trade. Every year, a large number of Taiwan compatriots travel to Xiamen, visit relatives,