The evaluation of the master plan for Haikou Jiangdong New District, hosted by the Department of Natural Resources and Planning of Hainan Province and the Haikou municipal people's government, took place in Beijing on Jan 27.
Hainan province recorded GDP growth of 5.8 percent in 2018, Shen Xiaoming, governor of the island province, said on Sunday.
The Wenbi Peak Filial Piety Cultural Park, a large theme park built by the Hainan Wenbi Peak Pangu Cultural Tourism Zone, opened to the public on Jan 24.
Two new duty-free stores were recently opened in Haikou and Boao to help build Hainan into an international tourism center and increase its duty-free products.
Hainan locals can enjoy one-stop shopping at the Hainan Poverty Alleviation Shopping Fair from Jan 25 to 27. The fair is meant to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 5 this year.
Sanya, Hainan province was ranked among 2018's top 10 most influential Chinese tourism cities, according to the Annual Meeting of China's Tourism Industry 2019 held in Beijing on Jan 23.
More than 76 million domestic and overseas tourists visited southern China's island province of Hainan in 2018, up 11.8 percent year-on-year, local authorities said Wednesday.
