This day, 29 July, in 1985, the State Council approved the expansion of the scope of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone to cover the entirety of Xiamen Island and the island of Gulangyu. While the former constitutes the core of the Xiamen Special Economic Development Zone realised in 1980, the latter is a 5A Tourist Attraction which also became China’s 52nd World Heritage Site in 2017.
1985年7月29日的这一天，国务院批准扩大厦门经济特区，覆盖整个厦门岛和鼓浪屿。 前者是1980年建成的厦门经济特区的核心，而后者是5A旅游景点，于2017年成为中国第52个世界遗产。
