Wang Xiaoli is shelling arecas in a workshop in Yali Agricultural Development Company, an enterprise specializing in areca processing. Each day, a proficient worker like her can shell at least 40 kg of areca nuts.
The duty-free policy in China's southernmost province of Hainan will be further eased from December, to boost tourism and domestic consumption as the island targets to be a free-trade port.
Hainan Duty-free Co Ltd transferred 51 percent of its stock rights in Haikou Meilan Airport Duty Free Shop free of charge to China National Travel Service Group Corporation on Oct 22.
Hainan will invest 12 billion yuan to improve its information infrastructure facilities in the next three years to support its free trade zone construction, provincial authorities said on Wednesday at a press conference in Haikou, the provincial capital.
The Ministry of Transport has issued a plan that highlights supporting Hainan to fully open up its international shipping business to promote the in-depth reform and opening-up of the tropical island's transportation industry.
China's southernmost island province of Hainan has seen the rapid development of its conference and exhibition industry in recent years.
The 2017 annual report on China's conference industry was released on June 27 in Haikou, capital of Hainan province.
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