China News Service, Haikou, October 15 (Reporter: Wang Ziqian) As the core tool to stabilize growth, strengthen industries, supplement chains, and gather momentum, investment promotion is the "source of living water" for the high-quality development of Hainan Free Trade Port. Fu Dawen, a second-level inspector of the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce, said on the 15th that Hainan is polishing its "Investment Free Trade Port" brand and working hard to attract investment. As of the end of September this year, the province has signed a total of 512 intended investment projects, with a total agreement value of approximately 224.9 billion yuan.
The 2026 China·Chengmai International Economic and Trade Fair will be held in Chengmai County, Hainan Province on October 31. The official held a press conference on the 15th to introduce Hainan’s investment promotion and preparations for the fair.
Currently, Hainan is promoting the construction of a modern industrial system with characteristics and advantages, focusing on cultivating and developing characteristic and advantageous industries such as digital economy, deep-sea technology, southern breeding, biomanufacturing, green and low-carbon, oil and gas equipment services, and modern logistics, and promoting the development of industrial clusters, characteristics, and differentiation.
Fu Dawen said that in the first three quarters of this year, the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce, together with relevant departments, cities and counties (parks) in the province, based on the key industries and comparative advantages of the Hainan Free Trade Port, identified 28 subdivided industries and 138 investment directions, focusing on key areas and key enterprises to attract investment. More than 70 investment promotion activities have been held using major platforms such as Invest in China·2026 Hainan Free Trade Port Global Industry Investment Conference, Boao Forum for Asia 2026 Annual Conference, and the 4th China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo, and 21 investment promotion activities will be held in the fourth quarter to continue to enhance global visibility and investment attractiveness.
With the steady and in-depth progress of customs closure operations, the policy dividends of Hainan Free Trade Port continue to be released. At this stage, the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce is mainly focusing on 13 key industrial chains such as digital economy, bio-manufacturing, green and low-carbon, modern agriculture, and deep-sea technology. It has compiled and improved the industrial chain map together with relevant departments, planned more than 200 chain extension and supplementary projects, kept a close eye on target enterprises, and carried out targeted investment promotion.
The business environment is the "lifeline" of the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. Fu Dawen said that Hainan is based on the core advantages of customs closure operations, implementing a normalized enterprise service and problem response mechanism, and continuing to carry out accurate policy interpretation and guidance, serving enterprises to make good use of core policies such as zero tariffs, processing value-added tariff-free, bonded maintenance and cross-border data flow, improving the convenience and sense of gain for enterprises, and opening up the "last mile" of policy implementation, so that enterprises can invest and develop with peace of mind in Hainan.
On the basis of industrial chain investment promotion and free trade port core policies for wealthy merchants, Hainan is gradually improving the provincial and municipal joint investment promotion pattern of "provincial overall planning and empowerment, city and county main implementation, and park implementation". The provincial level is responsible for coordinating the province's industrial layout, policy supply, customer resources, and major investment platforms, and providing top-level guidance; cities and counties are based on their own resource endowments and industrial positioning to carry out differentiated investment promotion, forming a joint investment promotion effort of "the whole province plays a game of chess, and the top and bottom are united."
This fair is guaranteed by the joint investment promotion mechanism of Hainan Province, cities (counties). Fu Dawen introduced that the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce has listed the Chengmai International Economic and Trade Fair as a key city and county brand investment event. In the early stage, it has guided Chengmai County to accurately select and match high-quality domestic and foreign investment projects. In the next step, it will link up with relevant departments and industry leading companies to help invite high-quality merchants to participate in the fair, improve the level and effectiveness of the fair; establish service channels for the signed projects of the fair, and implement full life cycle tracking services.
He said that the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce will continue to deepen the provincial and municipal linkage mechanisms, continue to polish a number of high-profile brand investment activities, attract more high-quality enterprises and high-end resources to gather in Hainan, and inject strong impetus into the high-quality development of the Hainan Free Trade Port.
