Xiamen Design Week opened last Saturday at the Red Dot Design Museum Xiamen. Event sponsors include the city of Xiamen, Red Dot Germany and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Light Industrial Products and Arts-Crafts.

The week includes dozens of activities such as an exhibition showcasing more than 600 Red Dot award winning designs this year. An exhibition featuring the newest set of Contemporary Good Design awardees also opened at the museum and will run through February 9.

The design award this year received more than 850 submissions, from which the selection committee chose 174 prizewinners. Xiamen-based companies earned four of the award's 14 gold prizes.