A flag-giving ceremony takes place on Sept 13 to mark the start of the national media tour in Hainan province. [Photo by Zhang Fan/Xinhuanet]
A media tour organized to publicize the business environment in China's southernmost Hainan province was launched on Sept 13 in Haikou, capital of Hainan.
The event involved national media including Xinhua News Agency, Economic Daily, Guangming Daily, China Daily, China News Service, and Xinhuanet.
They visited Haikou, Wanning, Sanya, Qiongzhong, and Yangpu where interviews and surveys were conducted at key industrial parks and enterprises.
Hainan has issued an action plan for optimizing the business environment for three consecutive years, creating more than 100 system integration innovation cases, according to Zhang Xiangguo, deputy secretary-general of the Hainan provincial government and director of the Hainan Business Environment Optimization Office.
The Hainan government launched a platform for handling business environment issues earlier this year. It pushes for addressing issues by mapping out and removing obstacles one by one.
The media group will present Hainan's achievements in optimizing the business environment from different perspectives with a focus on the "reform and innovation results", "the vitality of market entities" and "cadre work style".
Their investigation-based reports will also reveal difficulties in implementing systems and solving problems for market players in order to help further improve Hainan's business environment.
Li Gaowei, executive vice president and secretary-general of the Hainan Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong Province, said that the business environment should be optimized in three aspects, namely, internationalization, rule of law, and convenience.
He said that the construction of the rule of law in Hainan is a key part of the development of the Hainan Free Trade Port. To promote it, it is necessary to make greater efforts to streamline administration and delegate power, improve regulation, and upgrade services.
Business environment is an important manifestation of regional soft power. A good business environment is the basis and safeguard for the survival and development of enterprises, said Ning Hao, chairman of Hainan Suyue Technology.
Ning noted that Hainan has made outstanding achievements in system integration and innovation, investment freedom and convenience, and business environment improvement.
The country is striving to build Hainan into a globally influential free trade port by middle of the century.
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