Hainan: A Land of Vitality

By Cai Rong/ HICN / Updated:14:38,31-March-2026

On December 18, 2025, the island-wide special customs operations of the Hainan Free Trade Port were officially launched, opening up a new chapter of greater openness and marking a new starting point in this land of vitality.

Since the implementation of island-wide special customs operations of the Hainan Free Trade Port, development factors have converged on Hainan, the momentum of innovation has reached a tipping point, and a blueprint of boundless vigor is rapidly unfolding. As special customs operations enter their 100th day, the vitality of the Hainan Free Trade Port is blossoming with unprecedented intensity, depth, and breadth.

To commemorate this anniversary, Hinews, Nanguo Metropolis Daily, and Hainan International Media Center proudly present the feature film Hainan: A Land of Vitality. Following the strategic positioning of the “Three Zones and One Center” bestowed on Hainan by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the film takes you on a journey across Hainan: meet a foreign academician who traveled across the ocean, showing how he turns a single seed into a hope for China-Africa cooperation; witness how a world-class consumer goods expo catalyzes the transformation of exhibitors into investors; hear how a group of researchers, through decades of dedication, safeguard the wealth of biodiversity in Hainan’s rainforests and oceans; and sense the openess and warmth of Hainan as an international tourism consumption center is conveyed across the counters of a duty-free store.

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