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The planned area for the Yangpu Economic the State Council on 28 February 2013. The zone
Development Zone is 120km with a population pilots the development of international medical
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of 100,000. The Yangpu Economic Development tourism related industries such as chartered
Zone is to develop into “one port and three medical treatment, health management, care
bases”, i.e., “a shipping hub port, a petrochemical and rehabilitation and medical anti-aging. It aims
base, an integrated pulp-paper production base to combine international and domestic high-
and an oil and gas reserve base oriented to end medical tourism services and international
southeast Asia”. Yangpu’s industrial development cutting-edge medical science and technology to
strategy is to seize the strategic opportunities of create an international medical service cluster. In
the Maritime Silk Road and Free Trade Zone and the past years, as the only medical special zone in
focus on building two platforms, i.e., an export China, Bo’ao Lecheng Pilot Zone has established
processing base for petrochemical products and cooperation with 80 global top pharmaceutical
an international energy trading center oriented to enterprises in 18 countries and regions, introduced
southeast Asia. 226 kinds of international innovative medicines
and instruments and achieved the goal of “three
In the 27 years of development and construction synchronization” with advanced international
for the Yangpu Economic Development Zone, a advanced levels in terms of medical technology,
number of key projects with advanced technology, equipment and drugs.
high-added value and high environmental
protection levels have been completed. It has In the Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan
become a leader in Hainan’s industrial development (2021-2025) for Hainan Economic and Social
and the growth of foreign trade. 20 domestic and Development and the Long-Range Objectives
foreign trade routes have been opened. The zone Through the Year 2035, local government sets
has preliminarily established a route framework specific tasks on developing the high-quality health
with Yangpu Port serving as the international transit care industry and emphasizes that Bo’ao Lecheng
port. Domestic trade routes connect domestic International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone will lead
coastal ports in regions such as the Beibu Gulf, the high-level medical service industry cluster
Yangtze River Delta, North China and Northeast and promote the development of pharmaceutical
Pearl River Delta. Foreign trade routes connect research, clinical trials and treatment and elder
to southeast Asian countries and regions such as care service. Particularly, it will focus on boosting
Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Myanmar. the health management and medical beauty
industries. Specific measures include, taking the
In 2023, the total import and export volume lead in introducing the innovative medicine and
of goods in Yangpu reached RMB107.57 billion, medical equipment, accelerating the construction
up 13% YoY, accounting for nearly 50% of the of advanced clinical medical centers and medical
province’s total and breaking through the RMB100 technology research and transformation bases.
billion mark for the first time . Focusing on the four By 2025, the annual growth of value-added of the
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leading industries, Yangpu continues to optimize medical and health industry is expected to exceed
its industrial layout, promote industrial integration, 12%, the total revenue of the pilot zone will reach
development, transformation and upgrading and RMB50 billion and tax income will increase to
strive to create a new growth pole for high-quality RMB4 billion .
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economic development in Hainan.
Wenchang International Aerospace City
Bo’ao Lecheng International Medical
Tourism Pilot Zone Wenchang International Aerospace City,
China’s first coastal launch base area, includes
Bo’ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism the west area of Bamen Bay and the space
Pilot Zone was established under the approval of supercomputing industry area. It’s currently in

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