Two new duty-free stores opened on Saturday in Haikou and Boao, South China's Hainan province.
More than 600 people from home and abroad on Friday celebrated World Wetlands Day in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, the primary venue for this year's annual celebration.
China's 12th FTZ in Hainan will explore new horizons of opening up through institutional innovation on the basis of experiences from other FTZs in the country, as well as the province's own distinguished features, said a senior official from Hainan province.
A promotional conference for the China (Hainan) Pilot Free Trade Zone was held in Haikou on Jan 15.
In December the implementation plan to turn Hainan into a world-class tourism destination was officially released, outlining specific targets and measures to upgrade the island province into an internationalized center for tourists and consumers.
A Boeing 737 luxury passenger plane took off from the Haikou Meilan International Airport before dawn on Jan 17 and arrived in Kuching, Malaysia at 7 am local time, marking the opening of Hainan's first international flight of 2019.
Hainan Airlines Holdings Co Ltd and its subsidiaries carried 79.88 million passengers in 2018, up 11.4 percent year-on-year.
