Hainan expands free trade port with zero tariffs and cross-border data flows
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Updated · CGTN · May 5
Hainan expands free trade port with zero tariffs and cross-border data flows
16 articles · Updated · CGTN · May 5
The southern Chinese island is presented as the world's largest free trade port and a pilot zone for testing more open trade rules.
Its measures include zero-tariff policies and smoother cross-border data movement, aimed at boosting connectivity, trade efficiency and economic resilience amid global uncertainty.
The report casts Hainan as China's model for using a single zone to shape broader commerce practices beyond the island's own development.
Is Hainan's free trade port a true gateway or a 'gilded cage' under new security laws?
Can Hainan's model for 'selective globalization' offer a genuine blueprint for world trade?