Sunshine, coastline, beaches, wetlands, green spaces, parks, surfing, camping, and playing... Walking along the "high-value" Xiamen Tong'an Bay Ring East Coastal Tourism Romantic Line, citizens and tourists who "swim by the sea" can be seen everywhere. This is known as the most beautiful coastline in Xiamen city. Due to the development of tourism and new city industries, the collective income of the village has increased from three to four hundred thousand yuan more than ten years ago to tens of millions of yuan now Lin Yulin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Pantu Community in Tong'an District, said that this was something they dared not imagine before. Tong'an Bay is the largest urban bay in Xiamen. In the past, the villages distributed along the coastline here relied on the sea to eat, and the villagers mostly made a living from fishing. Due to the disordered development of aquaculture in the sea area and the direct discharge of production and domestic sewage in the village, the coastal weeds are overgrown, the sea water is black and smelly, and the mudflat is silted up. Yellow fin bream and white dolphins in the sea have disappeared. In order to reverse the trend of marine ecological deterioration and build a livable and business friendly bay area, Xiamen City has launched a comprehensive renovation project for the eastern sea area. "Before and after 2015, more than 40000 fishermen washed their feet and landed on the mudflat through aquaculture and dredging, and the amount of dredging in the mudflat was more than 200 million cubic meters." Wang Hetuan, director of the Ecological Environment Bureau of Tong'an District, said that compared with before the renovation, the tide holding capacity of Tong'an Bay increased by more than 40 million cubic meters, the exchange capacity of water bodies in the sea area increased by about 30%, and the lost marine life also gradually reappeared. Tong'an Bay has a superior geographical location. On the basis of ecological environment improvement and restoration, Xiamen City launched the construction of the Binhai Ecological New City in 2017, and simultaneously started the construction of the Binhai Tourism Romantic Line. During the construction, we have restored several kilometers of artificial beaches with an average width of over 100 meters along the coast; set up dikes to protect marine ecology and fix sand, and planted mangroves outside the dams to create an ecological landscape, "said Wang Hetuan. The positioning of Tong'an New City is a coastal ecological new city that promotes the coordinated development of industry, city, people, and nature. In response to the construction needs of the coastal tourism romantic line, the local area has also built facilities along the coastline in the new city construction, including marathon tracks, lawns, stadiums, the East Coast Bathing Beach, the Art Coast Square, and high-end hotels. Starting from ecological environment governance and restoration, the construction of the East Coast Tourist Romantic Line is the result of a three-dimensional and systematic project implemented under the guidance of the concept of green and high-quality development Yu Xingguang, former director of the Third Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources, said that in recent years, ecological corridors connecting mountains, lakes, and the sea have also been built in the development of new cities. The key technology innovation industries introduced and cultivated in the park are also part of it. Developing towards the bay, gathering around the bay, and forming a clustered layout, the Tong'an New City area has now formed a coastal new city that integrates business, office, living, industrial production, and vacation and leisure. More than 400 enterprises have settled in industrial parks such as Meifeng Chuanggu and Yincheng Zhigu in this area. With the construction of ecological new cities and the continuous enrichment of coastal tourism formats, the romantic tourism route around the east coast has become a "new landmark" for Xiamen tourism. The 'Huandong Fengqing Season' held during the summer season lights up nightlife and other cultural and tourism activities, attracting an average of 30000 to 40000 people per day, "said Chen Lishuang, Director of the Tong'an District Cultural and Tourism Bureau. The villagers of Pantu community, who used to rely on the sea for food, now have more sources of income. There are more and more employment channels for villagers, such as water sports waiters, seafood stalls, and homestay owners, "said Lin Yulin. The oyster industry in the village has also been better managed through tourism, local breeding and sales, standardized development, and industry chain extension. (New Society)