Sitting in the plush lobby of Shangri-La' s Sanya Resort & Spa - after having taken in the magic of the surrounding sea, and felt the sea breezes and gentle rhythms of the coconut trees outside - Ma Yulan is truly content.
Globalization and free trade will continue to top the agenda for this year's annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia, which focuses on solving the shared problems facing the Asia-Pacific region, the secretary-general of the forum said on Thursday.
Offshore duty-free shops on the popular resort island of Hainan have made 30.59 billion yuan (about $4.77 billion) in sales since the program launched in April 2011, the provincial finance bureau announced Thursday.
Denis Koreshkov waited only one night before getting his business license in south China's Hainan province.
Sanya Haitang Bay Paddy Field National Park, a rice theme park, opened Wednesday to welcome tourists. The park, with its first phase covering 253 hectares with an investment of 2.3 billion yuan ($362.7 million), will serve as an important recreational complex that integrates science education, environmental protection and sightseeing.
The number of overseas tourists to China's southern island province of Hainan exceeded 1.1 million in 2017, up nearly 50 percent year on year.
Hainan Airlines' policy is doubtlessly good news for pet owners, who can take to the skies with their dogs or cats if the animals are in carriers small enough to fit under an airplane seat and so long as they have valid vaccination certificates.
