HAIKOU, China, Jan. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The third session
of the Sixth People's Congress of Hainan
Province opened in Haikou
on January 16. According to
Shen Xiaoming, governor of
Hainan Province, in his government
work report, the GDP of Hainan
Province is estimated to increase by 5.8 percent year on
year in 2019. The province has set a GDP growth target of 6.5
percent for this year.
According to the work report of the People's Government of
Hainan Province, last year,
Hainan's tourism revenue increased
by 11.3 percent year on year, and the number of overseas tourists
increased by 13.6 percent, which is 9 percent higher than the
country's average. The per capita disposable income of urban and
rural residents increased by 8 percent. The per capita disposable
income of urban and rural residents is expected to increase by 8
percent and 8.2 percent respectively in 2020.
According to the report, since April
2018, more than 7,700 international skilled workers have
come to work in Hainan. In 2019,
the foreign investment in actual use and the number of newly
established foreign-funded enterprises in Hainan increased by more than 100 percent. The
province aims to create 130,000 urban jobs this year.
Shen Xiaoming said that
2020 marks the year when the well-off
society will be built in an all-round way and the "13th Five-Year
Plan" will come to an end. It is a key year for the construction of
Hainan Free Trade Port. Doing a good job in government work will be
of great significance. Hainan will
focus on the following works: The first is to speed up the
construction of the free trade port and build new heights of
opening-up. The second is to comprehensively strengthen
institutional innovation and cultivate and strengthen core
strengths. The third is to continue to promote industrial
transformation and lay a solid foundation for high-quality
development. The forth is to accurately implement the quality
improvement and upgrading of the "five networks" and strengthen the
support and guarantee capability. The fifth is to do a good job in
the overall planning of urban and rural areas and promote the
coordinated development of the whole province. The sixth is to
strictly implement the tasks of the first phase of National
Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone and raise the quality of the
ecological environment to a new level. The seventh is to strive to
make up for the shortcomings in social undertakings and optimize
the supply of public services. The eighth is to actively address
major problems in the field of people's livelihood and ensure that
the fruits of development benefit all our people.