Xiamen University is by Comrade Mao Zedong as the "Overseas Chinese flag, national glory," a well-known patriotic overseas Chinese leader Tan Kah Kee founded in 1921, is run by China's modern history of education first established by overseas Chinese university. Campus is located in the beautiful coastal city of Xiamen Island southeast of the campus mountains beside the sea, beautiful scenery, clean and beautiful campus rated as the national first-class. At present China's five special economic zones and a number of overseas Chinese the only comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education.