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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang speaks
at the celebration ceremony of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the
Hainan special economic zone (SEZ) on April 26, 2008.(Xinhua
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HAIKOU, April 26 (Xinhua) -- China's southernmost
Hainan Province, the largest special economic zone (SEZ) in the country,
celebrated its 20th anniversary in its capital city of Haikou on Saturday.
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China's southernmost Hainan Province,
the largest special economic zone (SEZ) in the country, celebrated its
20th anniversary in its capital city of Haikou on Saturday. (Xinhua
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"Setting up SEZs was an important measure of China's
reform and opening-up. The SEZs have played a pioneering role in prompting the
reform," said Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang at the celebration ceremony.
Li asked the island province to build itself into a
shipping hub, logistic center and export processing base for southeast Asia.
Founded on the same date 20 years ago, Hainan SEZ was
a pioneer in experimenting with the market economy, developing the land with
foreign investment, implementing a provincial insurance system, abolishing the
agricultural tax and school fees for nine-year compulsory education.
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Photo taken on April 26, 2008 shows the
venue of the celebration ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of China's
southernmost Hainan Province, the largest special economic zone in the
country, in Haikou, capital of Hainan.
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The province also unveiled on Friday a blueprint
aiming at building itself into a major international tourist destination by
2028.
The province will continue to implement its visa-free policies for tourists and open up aviation rights, introduce renowned overseas travel agencies and hotel management corporations, according to the action plan for the long-term goal of a first-class international tourist island.
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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (C) visits the exhibition on the achivements of China's southernmost Hainan Province, the largest special economic zone in the country, in Haikou, capital of Hainan Province, on April 26, 2008. A celebration ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of Hainan Province, was held on Saturday.
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With an area of 34,000 square kilometers, tropical
and sub-tropical Hainan was established in 1988 as a province and approved as a
special economic zone enjoying preferential development policies.
The other four SEZs are Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and
Xiamen, all in southern China.
President Hu visits Hainan to attend
int'l economic forum
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L)
learns cowpea's growth and sale from farmer Huang Zhengguang (1st R) of
the Li ethnic group at Shandao Village of Jianfeng Town in Ledong Li
Autonomous County, south China's Hainan Province, April 8, 2008. President
Hu made an inspection tour in Hainan Province on April 7-9. (Xinhua
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BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
inspected the southern province of Hainan before attending the annual meeting of
the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) opening on Saturday.
The forum, April 11-13, is a platform for high-level
interaction between leaders from Asia and the world. Boao has been the permanent
venue of the annual regional economic forum since 2001.
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China's Hainan Island unveils
blueprint for int'l tourist island
HAIKOU, April 25 (Xinhua) -- China's southern island
province of Hainan unveiled on Friday a blueprint aiming to build itself into an
international tourist destination by 2028.
Chen Cheng, Hainan's vice governor, said at a press
conference here the province would take about 20 years to internationalize its
tourism facilities, services, products and improve the environment. Full story
