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CHINA has decided to support Hainan in developing the entire island into a pilot free trade zone by gradually exploring and steadily promoting the establishment of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the announcement during a speech to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the founding of Hainan Province and the Hainan Special Economic Zone （SEZ） on April 13.
The Hainan SEZ is China’s largest free trade zone， as well as the country’s first free trade port since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. “As an isolated island， Hainan can only develop and catch up with the pace of the country’s growth with the world’s highest degree of opening-up，” said Chi Fulin， head of the Hainan-based China Institute for Reform and Development.
Chi， 67， a former official who left Beijing for Hainan in October 1987， was among 100，000 employees across the country to find opportunity and fortune in the burgeoning province in the late 1980s. Once remote and underdeveloped， Hainan has become one of China’s most open and dynamic regions and a top tourist destination. Xi’s speech highlighted Hainan’s special advantages– including its status as China’s biggest SEZ， its unique geographic location， and the best ecological environment in the country. These qualities have made it an ideal testing ground for reform and opening-up.
Xi urged the province to give priority to opening-up， implement a more proactive opening-up strategy， speed up the establishment of new institutions of an open economy， and make new ground in opening-up.
Exchanges in international energy， shipping， commodities， and carbon trading will be established in Hainan. The island will also focus on modernizing its service industries， such as tourism， the Internet， healthcare， finance， and hosting conferences and exhibitions.
Qian Jiannong， senior vice president of Fosun International Limited， investor of the first Atlantis resort in China， has high hopes for Hainan’s future.“Hainan is the only tropical island province in China. The era of sightseeing is behind us， and the era of leisure and resort is coming，” said Qian. The 540，000-square-meter Atlantis resort， with an investment of RMB11 billion（US $1.75 billion）， opened at the end of April in Sanya， the most famous resort city in Hainan.
Biggest Testing Ground of Reform
As the smallest province but biggest SEZ， Hainan is an ideal location to test China’s reform and opening-up. In the early 1990s， it boasted China’s first listed private company and was home to the Yangpu Economic Development Zone， the first development zone approved for lease to foreign investors by the Chinese government. It is also the only province in the country without toll stations on its highways， due to a fee-to-tax reform in 1994.
The Hainan SEZ is China’s largest free trade zone， as well as the country’s first free trade port since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. “As an isolated island， Hainan can only develop and catch up with the pace of the country’s growth with the world’s highest degree of opening-up，” said Chi Fulin， head of the Hainan-based China Institute for Reform and Development.
Chi， 67， a former official who left Beijing for Hainan in October 1987， was among 100，000 employees across the country to find opportunity and fortune in the burgeoning province in the late 1980s. Once remote and underdeveloped， Hainan has become one of China’s most open and dynamic regions and a top tourist destination. Xi’s speech highlighted Hainan’s special advantages– including its status as China’s biggest SEZ， its unique geographic location， and the best ecological environment in the country. These qualities have made it an ideal testing ground for reform and opening-up.
Xi urged the province to give priority to opening-up， implement a more proactive opening-up strategy， speed up the establishment of new institutions of an open economy， and make new ground in opening-up.
Exchanges in international energy， shipping， commodities， and carbon trading will be established in Hainan. The island will also focus on modernizing its service industries， such as tourism， the Internet， healthcare， finance， and hosting conferences and exhibitions.
Qian Jiannong， senior vice president of Fosun International Limited， investor of the first Atlantis resort in China， has high hopes for Hainan’s future.“Hainan is the only tropical island province in China. The era of sightseeing is behind us， and the era of leisure and resort is coming，” said Qian. The 540，000-square-meter Atlantis resort， with an investment of RMB11 billion（US $1.75 billion）， opened at the end of April in Sanya， the most famous resort city in Hainan.
Biggest Testing Ground of Reform
As the smallest province but biggest SEZ， Hainan is an ideal location to test China’s reform and opening-up. In the early 1990s， it boasted China’s first listed private company and was home to the Yangpu Economic Development Zone， the first development zone approved for lease to foreign investors by the Chinese government. It is also the only province in the country without toll stations on its highways， due to a fee-to-tax reform in 1994.