The crew of the yacht Sanya, finished their one-month training on July 17. They will take part in the Clipper 2019-2020 Round the World Yacht Race competition with 10 other teams from around the globe on Sept 1.
The Hainan government released a pilot plan for developing the province's cruise routes recently, proposing to build itself into a distinctive and popular venue for cruise tourism.
South China's Hainan province sees foreign trade up 45.6 percent in the first half of 2019, outpacing the national figure, as the island province speeds up construction of its pilot free trade zone.
The 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition, the world's largest expo exhibiting flowers, fruit, and vegetable farming, will hold a special "Hainan Day" from July 21 to 23 in Beijing.
Sanya, a southern city in Hainan province, held a press conference on building itself into an international language barrier-free city on July 14, marking the first city in China to have launched such a project.
A Hong Kong catamaran named DU that was carrying seven people entered Sanya on July 13, marking the official beginning of "free flow of yachts" between Hainan province and the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
World-class overseas universities are welcome to run schools in cooperation with Chinese institutions or establish independent educational services of their own in Hainan province on a pilot basis, according to a circular issued by the Ministry of Education and Hainan's provincial government recently.
