() is one of the districts of

Xiamen Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong' ...

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. It is located on the mainland, and is Xiamen's easternmost district.

Geography

Dadeng Subdistrict Dadeng Subdistrict () is an insular subdistrict in Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, China. During the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1958, the islands were designated by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the "Hero's Tri ...

of Xiang'an District is made up of offshore islands and islets including: *Dadeng (Tateng) () *Xiaodeng () *Jiaoyu () *Baihajiao () Dadeng (大嶝/大嶝島), Xiaodeng (小嶝/小嶝島) and Jiaoyu (角嶼) were part of

Kinmen County Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separa ...

in Republican China and are claimed by modern Kinmen County, Republic of China (Taiwan). The islands have been under PRC control since October 9 or October 15, 1949.

Administrative divisions

Xiang'an District administers one

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, four

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and one other area: *

(大嶝街道, formerly 大嶝镇) * Xindian () * Xinxu () * Maxiang () * Neicuo () * Damaoshan Farm () The district was created out of five towns () of

Tong'an District Tong'an District () is a northern mainland district of Amoy which faces Quemoy County, Republic of China. To the north is Anxi and Nan'an, and to the south is Jimei. Tong'an is also east of Lianxiang and Changqin to the West. It covers

in October 19, 2003. Since then Dadeng Town has been renamed

() and made the district seat.

Transport

The Xiamen Xiang'an Tunnel is located in the district. The tunnel is about long, including of road under water. It starts from Wutong of Xiamen Island and terminates at Xibin, Xiang'an District, Xiamen. It was completed in November 2009 and was at the time the first tunnel of its kind on the mainland.

Healthcare

The Healthcare industry started rapidly adopting AI technology applications in 2017 and at the beginning of 2018 the People's Government of Xiang’an Xiamen announced plans to build China's first

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industry centre in Xiamen. To achieve this it partnered with leading technology firms

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and the

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. Cogobuy Group's subsidiary IngDan () had over 1,000 healthcare innovation projects at the time with many planned for integration into the new healthcare centre. The integration plan involved the projects gradually being introduced into the city's new healthcare centre and focused on promoting healthcare projects, establishing healthcare industry

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s, as well as the build out of a new healthcare medical data platform.

Education

Xiang'an Campus of Xiamen University - construction - DSCF9156

Xiang'an district is the location of the new campus of

Xiamen University Xiamen University (; Southern Min: ''Ē-mn̂g-toā-o̍h''), colloquially known as Xia Da (; Southern Min: ''Hā-tāi''), is a national public research university in Xiamen, Fujian, China. Founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, a Chinese patriotic ex ...

. Completed in 2013, the 243 hectare campus makes the university the second largest in China by student numbers and area - with regular shuttle buses to the historic Siming Campus in the city centre away. It is predicted to accommodate up to 30,000 students. The campus has an automobile-free policy; most journeys by students and faculty are made on bicycles.

References

External links

Xiamen government website
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