
Hundreds of reporters will present a panoramic view of the progress and effectiveness of the Hainan Free Trade Port’s customs closure operations
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Hainan Free Trade Port officially launched island-wide customs closure operations on December 18 last year, continuing to promote system integration innovation and high-level opening up.
China News Service, Haikou, October 18 (Reporters Zhang Qianyi, Meng Xiangjun, Li Meng) On October 18, the 2026 "Dynamic China Research Trip" Hainan themed interview activity organized by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee was launched in Haikou. Hundreds of reporters from central and local media will provide a panoramic view of the progress and effectiveness of the Hainan Free Trade Port's customs closure operations and the practice of Chinese-style modernization in Hainan through on-site interviews and in-depth research.
On December 18 last year, the Hainan Free Trade Port officially launched island-wide customs closure operations. In recent years, Hainan has taken institutional integration innovation as its core and high-level openness as its traction, and has made steady and orderly progress. Policy dividends have been released at an accelerated pace, development momentum has been continuously enhanced, and people's livelihood security has been continuously improved. The construction of the free trade port has shown a good trend of rapid progress, stability and prosperity.
This themed interview activity is based on the open development layout of the Hainan Free Trade Port. It sets up two east-west interview routes, starting from Haikou and going to industrial parks, opening frontiers, port hubs and rural front lines. It carefully arranges representative interview points covering policy implementation, innovation drive, open channels, future industries, improvement of people's livelihood and other representative interview points.
The two interview lines, one in the east and the other in the west, each have their own focus, allowing the reporters of the interview team to not only explore the institutional innovation stories behind the "first order", "first case", "first ship" and "first aircraft", and feel the continuous improvement in policy openness and institutional innovation, but also explore the vivid practices of industrial transformation, digital empowerment, cross-border cooperation and improvement of people's livelihood, and get a close look at the vigorous pulse and vitality of the Hainan Free Trade Port, the prosperous and colorful China.
At the launch and briefing meeting of the "Vibrant China Research Trip" Hainan-themed interview activity held that morning, experts from national ministries and commissions introduced the situation in relevant fields, and heads of the Deep Reform Office of the Hainan Provincial Committee (Free Trade Port Working Committee Office), Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce, Haikou Customs and other relevant departments introduced the relevant situation in Hainan.
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