Hainan to become China’s first Free-Trade Port

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In April, President Xi Jinping announced a pilot program to build Hainan Island into a free-trade zone and free-trade port with Chinese characteristics. The tropical island thrives on luxury tourism, and it’s also becoming China’s high-end medical services provider.

In April, President Xi Jinping announced a pilot program to build Hainan Island into a free-trade zone and free-trade port with Chinese characteristics.

The tropical island thrives on luxury tourism, and it’s also becoming China’s high-end medical services provider.

CGTN’s Ge Yunfei has more.


Sourabh Gupta on the development of Hainan and FTZ’s

CGTN’s Elaine Reyes spoke with Sourabh Gupta of the Institute for China-America studies about Hainan’s development into China’s first free-trade port – and the legacies of free-trade zones in the country.