Posts of road signs written in Chinese and English are planted on the main roads in Xiamen City. Xiamen City started to set up Chinese-English road signs in 1996 when the work of changing and replacing road names and house plates was under way. The first batch of road signs with Chinese-English names were put into use in April, 1997. A total amount of 1.5 million yuan has been invested in the setting up of 932 road signs and house plates with Chinese-English names on the 403 streets and lanes of the City. From 1996 to the first half of 1998, the Municipal Bureau of Tourism put up 139 constructive Chinese-English road signs along the main trunks across the City to include the whole Island.