Island wide lockdown operation "full moon" Hainan Free Trade Port opening exhibition new chapter

Haikou, January 18th (Reporter Zhao Peng, Dong Zeyang, Ouyang Jie) - On January 18th, the Hainan Free Trade Port was closed for a full month, and a new set of data showed vitality - from December 18, 2025 to January 17, 2026, the number of duty-free shoppers on Hainan's outlying islands was 745000, with a total amount of 4.86 billion yuan, an increase of 30.2% and 46.8% year-on-year, respectively.

After the lockdown, Hainan has the basic conditions to promote opening up on a larger scale and at a deeper level, "General Secretary Xi Jinping has high hopes for. High standard construction of Hainan Free Trade Port "is included in the" 15th Five Year Plan "proposal.

Embarking on a new starting point, Hainan liberates its mind, reforms and innovates, deepens the opening up of commodity and factor mobility, and steadily expands institutional opening up.

Convenient customs clearance, attracting visitors from all directions.

Flying from Prague, Czech Republic to Sanya, Hainan requires no transfer and takes less time. The first seventh freedom passenger route in China operated by Kazakhstan's Skat Airlines has been operating on a regular basis for nearly a month.

Clear market demand, favorable policy environment, and favorable pilot conditions have led us to select Sanya, "said Stanis Vladimir, Vice President of Skater Airlines.

At various ports in Hainan, after one or two minutes of inspection, the entry experience is "seamless" and "silky smooth", attracting a large number of overseas tourists.

Since the closure of the entire island, as of January 17, 2026, Hainan border inspection authorities have inspected 186000 inbound and outbound foreigners, an increase of 46% year-on-year; The number of foreign tourists entering Hainan without a visa increased by 64% year-on-year, accounting for 93% of the total number of foreign tourists entering during the same period.

Optimize the environment and create a fertile ground for development.

A batch of medical electronic endoscope components from Haikou National High tech Zone Medical Equipment Park and Guangdong Shenzhen Kaikai Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd. are currently subject to the "two ends outside" bonded maintenance policy.

Relaxing policies will allow equipment and components that are difficult and time-consuming to repair overseas to be returned to China for repair, reducing costs and improving technology, "said Li Xiaoxi, General Manager of Kaikai Biomedical Technology (Haikou) Co., Ltd. Conducting bonded repairs in Hainan," The comprehensive cost of enterprises is expected to decrease by 20% to 30%, and R&D personnel can also participate in fault diagnosis, which will help enhance product research and development capabilities

The program is simplified, the list is expanded, and the supervision is more refined. More business entities are turning their attention to Hainan Free Trade Port. From December 18, 2025 to January 17, 2026, there were 5132 newly registered foreign trade enterprises in Hainan, equivalent to the number of registrations in one quarter of 2024.

Walking in Hainan, policy upgrades combined with peak tourism season, the "golden signboard" of offshore tax exemption is even more eye-catching. In the past month, an average of 24000 people have been shopping duty-free in Hainan every day, with an average daily shopping total of nearly 160 million yuan.

With the effective implementation of various policies, Hainan Free Trade Port has demonstrated China's determination and confidence in expanding its opening-up to the outside world with a strong and orderly development momentum.