In the first quarter of 2020, Hainan province's total volume in service imports and exports totaled 4.3 billion yuan ($610 million), with emerging services trade turnover increasing by 31.44 percent.
A total of 36 new business were registered in the first quarter of 2020 in Sanya, a 450 percent increase compared with the same period last year. During the three months, 16 foreign-funded enterprises settled in Sanya, up by 430 percent year-on-year, according to the city's investment promotion bureau.
The Hainan provincial government announced on Monday that it will first provide more than 30,000 job vacancies for talented individuals from home and abroad this year as a step to gather greater manpower to help build the China (Hainan) Pilot Free Trade Zone (Port).
Hainan is speeding up its investment promotion efforts by launching a number of measures, including online investment promotions and optimizing investment services, attracting a number of enterprises from home and overseas to take part in the construction of the Hainan Pilot Free Trade Port.
The Hainan International Business Council, which opened in April last year to serve international enterprises in the Hainan Pilot Free Trade Zone (Port) and to attract more global investments, launched a special hotline on March 9 to better serve investors.
Multinational pharmaceutical equipment manufacturers have been concerned about the resumption of Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone and have sent letters to seek enhanced cooperation with the Hainan innovative green city project.
Through government and enterprise synergy, many foreign-invested firms in Hainan province have resumed production.