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market-oriented, law-based and internationalized Economic Development Zone reached RMB27.9
port business environment, the Yangpu Economic billion with 10.5% YoY growth and the utilization
Development Zone introduced 10 measures to of foreign investment reached US$312.6 million
improve the efficiency of port customs clearance, with 2.9% YoY growth86. In 2021, Yangpu Economic
such as paperless customs clearance within Development Zone maintained strong growth
process of goods clearance, "7×24 hours" pre- momentum, with GDP registered a 49.5% growth of
clearance at the port, upright declaration of health d RMB30.2 billion in the first 9 months87.
quarantine for entry and exit ships, fast passage
and zero waiting for vessel piloting. On the same Bo’ao Lecheng International Medical
day, the Yangpu Committee of Industry and the Tourism Pilot Zone
Yangpu Committee of Management also printed
and distributed the "Ten Measures to optimize Bo’ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism
the Business environment of Yangpu Economic Pilot Zone was established under the approval of
Development Zone". Implementation is conducive the State Council on 28 February 2013. The zone
to improving the attraction of investment, the sense pilots the development of international medical
of achievement and satisfaction of enterprises in tourism related industries such as chartered
the region, further stimulating the vitality of market medical treatment, health management, care and
players and social creativity potential, promoting rehabilitation, and medical anti-aging. It aims to
the business environment to market-oriented, combine international and domestic high-end
legalized and internationalized high standards, medical tourism services and international cutting-
ensuring sustainable economic development, and edge medical science and technology to create an
laying a solid foundation for Yangpu to achieve international medical service cluster.
high-quality development. In 2021, the Yangpu
Committee of Industry and the Yangpu Committee In the Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-
of Management updated the measures and 2025) for Hainan Economic and Social Development
further allocated the responsibility of different and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year
government bureaus to accelerate the facilitation 2035, local government sets specific tasks on
of an international business environment and to developing the high-quality health care industry
promote the construction of Hainan's free trade and emphasizes that Bo’ao Lecheng International
port as a best practice for the nation85. Medical Tourism Pilot Zone will lead the high-level
medical service industry cluster and promote
In the 27 years of development and construction the development of pharmaceutical research,
for the Yangpu Economic Development Zone, a clinical trials and treatment, and elder care service.
number of key projects with advanced technology, Particularly, it will focus on boosting the health
high-added value, and high environmental management and medical beauty industries. Specific
protection levels have been completed. It has measures include, taking the lead in introducing
become a leader in Hainan's industrial development the innovative medicine and medical equipment,
and the growth of foreign trade. 20 domestic and accelerating the construction of advanced clinical
foreign trade routes have been opened. The zone medical centres and medical technology research
has preliminarily established a route framework with and transformation bases. By 2025, the annual
Yangpu Port serving as the international transit port. growth of value-added of the medical and health
Domestic trade routes connect domestic coastal industry is expected to exceed 12%, the total
ports in regions such as the Beibu Gulf, Yangtze River revenue of the pilot zone will reach RMB50 billion,
Delta, North China, and Northeast Pearl River Delta. and tax income will increase to RMB4 billion88.
Foreign trade routes connect to southeast Asian
countries and regions such as Vietnam, Singapore, 86 Government site of Yangpu, http://yangpu.
Malaysia and Myanmar. In 2020, the GDP of Yangpu hainan.gov.cn/yangpu/1701/202101/6e39fdf38dc44e7
684f1bd74d67736ab.shtml
85 The Yangpu Committee of Industry and the 87 Government site of Yangpu, http://yangpu.
Yangpu Committee of Management, http://yangpu. hainan.gov.cn/yangpu/1701/202110/140e6ce569a6473
hainan.gov.cn/yangpu/05031/202105/5d12650488b94 ab94c373b4b2b2aff.shtml
c02a427ca43bfce66c3.shtml 88 Government site of Hainan, https://www.
hainan.gov.cn/hainan/qjcqhghqw/202104/3ecc6cf2792
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