A new direct air route is set to be launched later Tuesday between Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan province, and Myanmar's Rangoon.
The PGA Tour Series-China has announced its 2020 schedule, the circuit's sixth since its inception in 2014.
A diver cleans a fishing net at Wuzhizhou Island Scenic Area's marine ranch in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, on Jan 12, 2020.
China's island province of Hainan welcomed 83.14 million visitors from across China and the world last year, an increase of 9 percent year-on-year, with the total tourism revenue standing at over 105 billion yuan ($15.2 billion), up by 11 percent.
Two Hainan-based athletes, Bi Kun and Gao Pan, have gained their entries to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the men's windsurfing RS: X-level event and the women's taekwondo event respectively.
As of the end of 2019, a total of 69 air routes are operated in Qionghai Boao Airport, linking the Hainan coastal town, renowned as the permanent venue of the Boao Forum for Asia, with 64 cities in China.
Hainan province has established a national park research institute, issuing invitations to top experts, especially primatologists worldwide, to work on the province's rainforest and endangered wildlife protection.
