By 2019, the route network of an international transit port has gradually taken shape at Yangpu Port in Hainan, with container routes launched there realizing full coverage of all major ports in Southeast Asian countries.
Flanked by swaying coconut trees, the secluded beach at Riyue Bay in Hainan province is an idyllic and usually tranquil setting. But all that changed when the beach in Wanning city hosted the Hainan Surfing Open in early December amid, quite literally, waves of excitement.
The World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series Men and Women's Corona Open China kicked off on Jan 6, with 188 surfers from around the world gathering at the dreamy Riyue Bay in Wanning in a fierce one-week battle to win entry into the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
China's island province Hainan has established its first National Park Institute in Haikou, and is seeking to lure global talents to boost tropical rainforest protection and development as well as the construction of national parks.
Over 1,300 tourists embarked on a romantic voyage of four days and three nights on Jan 4 as the Costa neoRomantica, a cruise ship operated by Carnival Corporation&plc, departed Sanya Phoenix Island International Cruise Port.
A key event for the Hainan International Tourism Consumption Year, the 2019 Hainan Island Carnival concluded in the capital city of Haikou on Dec 31, 2019 after 19 cities and counties in the province had staged 272 activities.
The Fourth Sanya International Cultural Industry Fair, with nearly 30,000 exhibits on display by cultural enterprises from 40 countries and regions along the Belt and Road, wrapped up its four-day exhibition on Dec 31, 2019.
