The event was attended by representatives of major Chinese and foreign companies, including Fortune Global 500 corporations, as well as more than 100 industry associations. According to the organizers, the number of foreign participants exceeded last year's figures by more than half.
The conference featured a list of almost 300 projects covering areas such as biomedicine, digital economy, deep-sea technology, and space. Dozens of priority segments, investment areas and emerging industrial clusters are also identified.
The Chinese authorities are betting on Hainan as a key platform for attracting international capital: the current free trade port regime, including a zero-duty policy, is already contributing to the growth of business interest and the expansion of foreign economic relations in the region.
