"Visiting duty-free shops is an indispensable part of my trip to Hainan." Ms. Cao from Shenzhen, Guangdong, is the third time to travel to Hainan.
According to data released by Haikou Customs: from July 1, 2020, when the new tax-free policy on Hainan’s outlying islands was implemented to June 30 this year, the amount of duty-free shopping on outlying islands supervised by the customs was 130.7 billion yuan, 17.67 million shopping tourists, and 175 million pieces sold, compared with From July 2017 to June 2020, they increased by 279%, 92.6%, and 272% respectively.
This is a microcosm of Hainan's efforts to build an international tourism consumption center with world influence. In recent years, relying on the open policy of the Free Trade Port to attract and allocate global resources, Hainan has done a good job in the three articles of duty-free shopping, medical care, and education, and has further promoted high-quality development.
Duty-free outlying islands have become the "golden brand" of Hainan. In the past three years, the number of duty-free shops operating on outlying islands has increased to 12, basically covering major tourist cities on the south, north, and east routes of Hainan; the duty-free policy on outlying islands has been continuously optimized, the duty-free shopping quota has been increased to 100,000 yuan, and the duty-free categories have increased to 45 categories. Newly added pick-up methods such as "guaranteed pick-up" and "purchase-now pick-up" have achieved full coverage of the three outlying island methods of airplanes, ships, and trains.
On July 4, the launching ceremony of the 2023 Second Hainan International Outlying Islands Duty-Free Shopping Festival was held in Haikou International Duty-Free City. Within two months, Hainan will successively launch various and colorful themed promotional activities, and issue 20 million yuan of duty-free shopping government consumption vouchers.
High-end medical care is another business card of Hainan. Benefiting from policy advantages such as franchised medical care, franchising, and franchised research, more and more well-known medical and health care institutions have settled in the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone in Hainan. More than 300 kinds of licensed medical devices are used here, and the approval time for licensed medical devices has been greatly shortened, with an average of only 1.6 days for non-first-time approvals.
In order to make patients both "usable" and "affordable", Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pioneer Zone has built a multi-level medical security system and launched Lecheng Global Special Drug Insurance for three consecutive years. Insurance customers can obtain up to 1 million yuan of protection for special drug expenses at a price of tens of yuan.
"There are many similar innovative measures. For example, the implementation of the management method of 'taking medicines out of the park' effectively solves the problem that patients must be hospitalized every time they use licensed medicines; promotes real-world data research and greatly shortens the time for global innovative medical devices to enter the Chinese market " Yan Lukai, director of the Propaganda Department of Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pioneering Zone Administration, said that in the future, it will focus on the development of medical institutions in the park, improve the quality of medical care, and vigorously develop medical tourism.
Hainan Lingshui Li'an International Education Innovation Pilot Zone adopts the school-running mode of "big sharing + small college", "breaking the boundaries between schools, colleges and majors, students can enroll in one school, choose courses in multiple schools, and practice in multiple places. And obtained multiple degrees." Wang Linping, deputy director of the test zone administration, introduced that since the test zone was officially listed in June 2020, six cooperative educational institutions (projects) have been approved. By September this year, the total number of students in the experimental zone is expected to reach 2,000.
Gui Gang, deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, introduced that in the past five years, the tax-free sales of Hainan's outlying islands have exceeded 130 billion yuan, and more than 30,000 patients have benefited from licensed medical devices, and 45 well-known universities at home and abroad have been introduced. ".