The city of Wenchang in south China's island province of Hainan, known for its spacecraft launch center, is endeavoring to turn itself into a new engine of China's commercial aerospace.
Some 28,000 local residents and tourists won handsome red envelopes stuffed with a total of 10 million yuan ($1.55 million) in digital RMB in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, on Sunday, a day ahead of the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.
A Long March 7 rocket carrying Tianzhou 3 blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan at 3:10 pm on Monday.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday between Sept 19 and 21, Haikou received a total of 272,000 tourists, with a total tourism revenue of 267 million yuan ($41.3 million).
The combination of the Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft and a Long March 7 Y4 carrier rocket has been transferred to the launching area of the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, the China Manned Space Agency said Thursday.
Hainan will build a global New Energy Vehicle (NEV) experience center, according to the main forum of the 2021 World New Energy Vehicle Congress on Sept 16.
New energy vehicles have become a key solution for carbon neutrality, as showcased at the 2021 World New Energy Vehicle Congress in Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan province.
