The nation will accelerate the development of pilot free trade zones and ports via policy innovation and adequately expand their size to advance all-round opening-up in 2019, said commerce officials.
Hainan Free Trade Zone this week launched 100 construction projects with a total investment of 29.8 billion yuan ($4.29 billion) from local governments and enterprises in and outside of Hainan.
China's Hainan province will increase its annual tax-free shopping quota for travelers, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Wednesday.
Excellent foreign students with a master's degree or above from Chinese universities will be allowed to find jobs and start businesses in Hainan and work permits will be granted, according to a newly released document by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
Around 200 experts and entrepreneurs from home and abroad gathered on Friday in Haikou, capital of China's southernmost province of Hainan, to discuss the approaches and tasks for building a high-standard and high-quality Hainan Free Trade Zone.
China's strong determination of deepening reform and opening-up should aim to usher in more prosperity for its 1.4 billion people and also benefit the rest of the world, scholars said over the weekend.
China's strong determination to persist with reform and opening-up will usher in more prosperity for its 1.3 billion population and also benefit the rest of the world, scholars said at a forum over the weekend.
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