Hainan has been making headway in deepening market-based reforms and improving its business environment since April 2018 when it was tasked with building a pilot free trade zone with the highest level of opening-up.
On June 25, Shenhai Yihao, the world's first 100,000 metric ton deep-sea, semi-submersible oil production and storage platform, began drilling at Lingshui 17-2, an offshore gas field located 150 kilometers south of Hainan island in the South China Sea.
Hainan has adjusted the COVID-19 prevention and control measures.
Coastal fishermen in Qionghai, Hainan province saw a bountiful harvest on Aug 17 – the first day after the province's three-and-a-half-month seasonal ocean fishing ban. Fishing ports across the province are again bustling with workers.
A cargo plane operated by My Indo Airlines of Indonesia landed in Haikou Meilan International Airport on Aug 18, marking the resumption of international cargo airlines operations at the airport since Aug 5.
An unveiling ceremony for the first domestically made tourist submarine was held in Sanya's Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City on Aug 17.
In response to the COVID-19 Delta variant and the current epidemiological features among the population, the National Health Commission and relevant departments recently issued a new version of mask-wearing guidelines.
