Three Chinese yachts Visit Sanya, China, Zhuhai, and Qingdao embarked on their 40,000-nautical mile adventure with eight other yachts from London's St Katherine Docks on Sep 1 on the first leg of the 2019-20 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Over 1,300 enterprises from home and abroad gathered in Haikou, capital city of Hainan, on Sept 2 for the 2019 Hainan Free Trade Zone (Port) Industrial Park Investment and Cooperation Conference.
Since the central government declared Hainan Island a pilot free trade zone in April last year, provincial authorities have taken great strides to try to ensure its success.
Medardo Sanchez, an agriculture expert from El Salvador, traveled with 10 of his compatriots for nearly 50 hours to reach Hainan Island on July 15-the longest journey of his life.
The city of Haikou hosted the 2019 Blue Economy Congress and the Hainan "Belt and Road" Fisheries Cooperation Promotion Conference on Aug 29. During the congress, over 300 attendees from across China were treated to a tilapia banquet.
The 2019 Blue Economy Congress got underway in Haikou on Aug 29, with experts and scholars gathering to share insights on the upgrading of the marine industry and modern fishery, promoting green development of the blue economy and boosting cooperation in the blue economy.
The city of Wuzhishan in Hainan province is planning to offer 10 tons of free running water for each rural resident in the city every year, according to an implementation plan on Wuzhishan's drinking water network extension recently released by the municipal government.
