Xiamen,facing Taiwan across the sea,is an important window and base for foreign contacts in China's southeast coastal area,which is nearest to Southeast Asia and Oceania.Haicang,a part of Xiamen,is situated on the tip of South-Fujian Triangular Area and separated with Xiamen Island only by a strip of water.
Haicang has a semi-tropical monsoon climate with meteorological data as follows:Annual average temperature:21C,Monthly average temperature:maximum 28.5C,minimum 12.5C,Extremely low temperature:2C,Extremely high temperature:38.5C,Average annual time of sunshine:2233.5 hours,Average annual rainfall:1143.5mm.
Haicang's terrain is a combination of hill,terrace and plain with a stable geological structure.It has never registered any destructive earthquake in its history.Considering its advantageous port conditions and the vast space for development,Dr.Sun Yaksen put forward a grand concept of building Haicang into an "Oriental Big Port" in his "Strategy to Build the Country".In early twentieth century,"Asia" of Britain and "Mobil" of the United States,two consortiums,used Haicang as their oil-transshipping port and fuel base.