As the five-day May Day (Labor Day) holiday approaches, top tourist destinations in Hainan, China’s southern island province, are rolling out dynamic cultural and leisure offerings, ensuring visitors have a vibrant and immersive getaway.
Data from online travel platforms indicates a significant surge in flight and hotel bookings for Hainan during the upcoming holiday.
In anticipation of the influx of tourists, scenic spots across the province are leveraging their unique resources to offer distinctive cultural and tourism experiences.
The Luhuitou Scenic Area in Sanya City is blending light art with natural landscapes, enhancing its nighttime offerings. In addition to its regular live performances, the scenic area has introduced new Labor Day-themed light installations and photo-worthy spots for visitors to enjoy.
The Ocean Flower Island resort in Danzhou City has launched a night-tour program featuring stunning light shows and live performances, designed to create a relaxing atmosphere for visitors.
The Shenyu Island Cultural and Tourism Resort in Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County will offer a five-day therapeutic course for elderly visitors, along with intangible cultural heritage educational programs for children.
"The first 30 visitors to our park each day will enjoy a free costume experience, with makeup artists available to help create their looks. This allows visitors to immerse themselves in both the rainforest scenery and the Hanfu (traditional Chinese attire) culture," said Liu Yukun, marketing manager of the Baihualing Rainforest Cultural Tourism Zone in Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County.
According to Hainan's tourism authorities, the province welcomed 33.86 million tourist arrivals in the first quarter of this year, a 5.6 percent increase compared to the previous year. International arrivals grew by 19.3 percent, reaching 309,600. This continued growth in tourist numbers signals a thriving tourism market in Hainan.
China's Hainan Island innovates tourist offerings ahead of May Day holiday
China's Hainan Island innovates tourist offerings ahead of May Day holiday
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will work with relevant departments and local authorities to take concrete steps to promote the implementation of the newly passed private sector promotion law, a landmark legislation concerning a vast economic force in the country, said an NDRC official.
China's top legislative body -the National People's Congress - passed the private sector promotion law on Wednesday, establishing a legal backing for the steady and healthy growth of the key sector, including more than 57 million private firms and over 100 million self-employed individuals.
This landmark law is China's first fundamental legislation dedicated to the private sector. It will bolster confidence among the vast community by improving the business environment, fostering innovation, and ensuring fair competition, according to NDRC, the country's top economic planner.
"The private sector promotion law has actively responded to the key concerns in the development of the private sector. Efforts are made to establish and improve relevant systems and enhance the enforceability of the systems, from ensuring fair competition, improving investment and financing environment, supporting technology innovation, focusing on regulated operation, optimizing services and guarantees, and improving rights and interest protection, to strengthening legal accountability, so as to ensure that all forms of ownership can equally utilize production factors by the law, participate in market competition fairly, receive equal legal protection, further unleash their complementary advantages, and pursue common development," said Liu Min, deputy director of Private Sector Development Bureau under NDRC.
Liu added NDRC will continue to work together with relevant departments and local authorities to improve supporting systems and mechanisms and take concrete steps to promote the implementation of the private sector promotion law.
"We will make continuous and increasing efforts to remove barriers to market access and to fair competition, to address the issue of overdue payments to private enterprises, to protect the lawful rights and interests of private businesses and entrepreneurs by the law, to implement various relief policies, to help private enterprises shoulder their responsibilities of the era, so as to help translate legal systems into concrete actions and tangible outcomes that promote the high-quality development of the private sector," said Liu.
Concrete steps to take for firmly implementing China's landmark private sector promotion law: official
