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- An annual growth of import and export The Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan
trade over 10% (2021-2025) for Hainan Tourism, Culture,
Media, and Sports Development81
- An annual growth of investment in R&D
over 34% On 30 June 2021, the government of Hainan
further announced its Outline of the 14th Five-
Major tasks: Year Plan (2021-2025) for Tourism, Culture, Media,
and Sports Development, which highlighted the
- To further promote the facilitation of specific targets and tasks for Hainan to build a free
investment and trade trade port with international influence on tourism,
culture, media and sports services. Specifically:
- To further enhance the convenience for
the exchange of capital, human resource, and Targets of tourism:
transportation
- A total number of tourists from 64.6 million
- To further emphasize the implementation to 110 million by 2025 with 11% YoY growth
of free trade port tax policy
- A total tourism revenue of RMB87.3 billion
- Tofurtherintegrateintothenewdevelopment to RMB180 billion by 2025 with 15% YoY growth
pattern of retail, high-quality open economy, regional
cooperation and Belt and Road Initiative - A total number of international tourists 2.6
million by 2025 with 63% YoY growth
- To speed up the construction of modern
industries, such as high-tech, modern service, - Provide high-quality tourism service, to
smart city, and economic parks boost tourists spend more days staying in Hainan
(from 3.8 days to more than 4.5 days) and domestic
- To further promote the construction of tourists spend more for visiting Hainan (from
innovation systems and platforms RMB1,032 to RMB 1,350)

- To focus on building an international - Focus on developing five tourism themes:
tourism and shopping center shopping tourism, health care tourism, ocean
tourism, culture tourism and sports tourism
- To further upgrade the new infrastructure
- Highlight on exploring eight unique
- To build green economy and implement tourism sectors: exhibition, island tour, theme
decarbonization park, rainforests, cruise shipping, town tour, urban
tourism and wedding services
In September 2022, Hainan announced “The
Implementation Plan for the Development of the Special economic zones
Digital Economy in Hainan Province (2022-2025)”80
to accelerate the high-quality development of China (Hainan) Pilot Free Trade Zone
the digital economy. Taking advantage of the
construction opportunities of the Hainan Free On 1 June 2020, the Central Committee of the
Trade Port, it has laid a solid foundation for CPC and the State Council issued the Master Plan
improving the supporting capacity of Hainan’s for the Construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port.
digital infrastructure, developing digital industry It indicated that:
clusters and characteristics, and transforming
industries into digital ones. 81 Government site of Hainan, https://www.
hainan.gov.cn/hainan/szfbgtwj/202107/250c1006f03b4
80 Government site of Hainan, https://www. 608b7a9e136123b2243.shtml
hainan.gov.cn/hainan/5309/202308/73b191086d98451
1ab575f1a592e88b2.shtml

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