Highlights of Hainan free trade port master plan

1. Trade liberalization and facilitation

To enable the free flow of trade, the island province will introduce measures that center on zero tariffs for the trade of goods, while facilitating both entry and business operation for service providers.

2. Investment liberalization and facilitation

Market entry will be markedly widened for investments in an open, transparent and predictable environment featuring strengthened intellectual property rights protection and fairness in competition, in order to further unleash the vitality of market entities.

3. Free cross-border capital flow facilitation

Finance serves the real economy. Hainan will open capital accounts in phases based on free trade and investment facilities, and promote the cross-border flow of funds in an orderly manner.

4. Free and convenient access for people

More accommodative traveling regulations will be implemented to encourage talent in high-end industries to stay, reside or work in the free trade port to build a talent hub.

5. Free and convenient transportation

High-level free and open transportation policies will be implemented. The construction of international shipping and aviation hubs of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor will be promoted to speed up the building of a modern comprehensive transportation system.

6. Safe and orderly flow of data

While ensuring the security of data flow, China will expand opening-up in the data field, innovate institutional design, and cultivate and develop the digital economy in the free trade port.

7. Modern industrial system

Hainan will put more effort into developing tourism, modern services and high-tech industries, laying a solid foundation for the real economy to strengthen industrial competitiveness.

8. Taxation system

An internationally competitive taxation system will be established, which should be suitable for a high-level free trade port by sticking to the principle of zero tariffs, low tax rates, a simplified taxation system and the rule of law.

9. Social governance

Efforts will also be made to advance the reform of government institutions and the transformation of government functions, said the master plan, encouraging the application of blockchain and other technologies in the modernization of the governance system and capacity.

10. Rule of law

A system of rule of law for the free trade port will be established in a bid to create an world-leading rule-of-law environment.

11. Risk prevention and control system

Effective measures will be rolled out and implemented to forestall and defuse risks in fields including trade, investment, finance, data flow, ecology and public health, in a targeted manner.