The first ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 was held in Doha, capital of Qatar, from Oct 11 to 16 and Sanya, host city of the sixth Asian Beach Games, sent a delegation to study, inspect, learn from experiences at the event.
The 2nd Hainan Island International Film Festival is slated to be held in Sanya from Dec 1 to 8, and the organizing committee recently announced that the "Golden Coconut Awards" will be added to the festival's competitions for the first time.
South China's Hainan province, the largest free trade zone in the country, recently rolled out a slew of measures to offer greater convenience for foreign investors.
The sixth National Poverty Relief Day in China falls on Oct 17, and Hainan province is launching a variety of online and offline activities to help people in poverty-stricken areas.
The city of Sanya in Hainan province started operating a new air route to the Russian city of Samara on Oct 13 following the landing of an Airbus 330-200 plane at Sanya Phoenix International Airport with 310 passengers on board.
Haikou, capital city of South China's Hainan province, is seeking to help people in poverty-stricken villages by promoting the distinctive specialties of these places.
A conference was held in Hainan on Oct 14, in which provincial leaders met with representatives from the University of Edinburgh, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and China Merchants Group to discuss the establishment of a school of medicine in Qionghai.
