From May 30 to 31, 2020, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Vice Premier of the State Council Han are investigating in Hainan. Han Zheng emphasized that we must earnestly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions, fully implement the “Hainan Free Trade Port Construction Master Plan”, do a solid job, make steady progress, and promote the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port and make a good start.

Han Zheng first went to the construction site of the second-phase expansion project of Haikou Meilan International Airport to understand the planning, construction, and preparations for commissioning and operation. Han Zheng pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the construction of major projects such as transportation, actively expand effective investment, and promote the construction of a powerful transportation country. Hainan should highlight the demand orientation, fill in shortcomings, improve quality, accelerate the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system, and provide a strong guarantee for the construction of a free trade port.

The new seaport under construction is the core transportation area of Ludao in Hainan Province, and will undertake the functions of railway ferry and ro-ro transportation of passengers and cargo. Han Zheng came here to learn more about the port planning and construction progress of Hainan Province. Han Zheng emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen the function of the comprehensive transportation hub of the new sea port and land island, to promote the city with the port, and promote the port with the city to achieve the integrated development of the port and city. We must persist in giving play to the role of market mechanism, promote the integrated development of Qiongzhou Strait port and shipping, and build a modern transportation system with unified planning, unified construction, unified operation, and unified management. It is necessary to seize the opportunity of the construction of new land and sea corridors in the west, further increase the flow of goods at Yangpu Port, cultivate international routes, and focus on building an international container hub port.

In the Hainan Ecological Software Park, Han Zheng understood the overall development of the park; went to China Electronics (Hainan) Joint Innovation Research Institute to view the research and development achievements of the enterprise and interacted with scientific researchers; Management information platform and blockchain pilot zone construction. Han Zheng pointed out that it is necessary to focus on building a smart Hainan, accelerate the improvement of independent innovation capabilities, increase the key core technology research, effectively expand the application fields of self-developed chips and operating systems, and maintain network information security and economic operation security.

Han Zheng also walked into the Haikou Riyue Plaza Duty Free Shop to learn about the implementation of the Hainan Islands Duty Free Policy and the market sales. Han Zheng emphasized that multiple measures should be taken to promote the recovery of consumption, expand consumption channels, and promote the return of consumption. On the basis of increasing the duty-free shopping limit, we must pay close attention to improving relevant policies and market subject access standards, and vigorously promote the construction of Hainan International Tourism Consumption Center. Editor/Huang Lijun