At the vanguard of the rubber revolution Xiamen's Jimei district, the birthplace of Tan Kah Kee, was originally nothing but a forlorn and remote little fishing village. Many of its inhabitants made their living by traveling off to Southeast Asia to labor and start up businesses.
橡膠業的先驅廈門集美，陳嘉庚的出生地，原是一個荒僻的小漁村，不少居民為了生活，遠赴南洋打工經商。