Xiamen Bay, formerly known as Amoy Bay, is a partially enclosed bay off the coast of Xiamen in China's Fujian Province. It is bound by the Kinmen and the Taiwan Strait.[Luca N. Wagner, 2008, Urbanization: 21st century issues and challenges, Nova Publishers, , , p. 165]
Geography
The bay is formed by down-faulted depressed block of undersea bed creating a submerged bay.
[Terry R. Healy, Ying Wang, Judy-Ann Healy, 2002, Muddy coasts of the world: processes, deposits, and function, Volume 4 of Proceedings in marine science, Gulf Professional Publishing, , , p. 339]
The water depth around the bay range from 6 to 25 metres and has a deep water coastal area of 30 km.
Economy
Xiamen Bay is an important economic region for
Xiamen as well as the whole of Fujian Province.
[Y. M. Yeung, Jianfa Shen, 2008, The Pan-Pearl River Delta: an emerging regional economy in a globalizing China, Chinese University Press, , , pp. 125–126] The bay has numerous port, transport infrastructure, shipbuilding and petrochemical industries.
[ChinaCSR.com, July 25, 2008 - Xiamen Bay Photoelectric Industrial City Launched] The local government has set up various development areas such as the Xiamen Bay Photoelectric Industrial City to promote economic development.
Due to rapid economic development and industrialization in Xiamen, the bay has been tested for traces of heavy metal contamination.
