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Big changes are underway in Hainan—and they’re designed to make everyday life smoother for residents, expats, and businesses alike. China's Hainan Free Trade Port will officially launch island-wide independent customs operation on December 18, 2025, completing its transition into a full-fledged Free Trade Port.
In April 2018, China announced plans to transform the island into a pilot free trade zone, with a long-term vision of developing a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. A master plan released in 2020 aimed to make Hainan a globally influential hub for high-level openness by mid-century.
Wang Yang publishes an official definition of a free port in the People’s Daily. Announcement of a free trade zone covering the entire island of Hainan during the 30th anniversary of the Special Economic Zone. Launch of the Master Plan for the construction of the Hainan Free Port, aiming for global status by 2050.
The "Notice on Preferential Corporate Income Tax Policies for Hainan Free Trade Port" proposed that enterprises in encouraged industries registered and operated in Hainan Free Trade Port shall be subject to a reduced corporate income tax rate of 15%.
Leveraging the unique policy benefits of the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), the project aims to attract top-tier domestic and global enterprises to establish a "near-zero carbon" demonstration area integrating ports, industries, and urban development.
Photo shows the beautiful scenery in Sanya, south China's Hainan province, where the Hainan Free Trade Port is located. (People's Daily Online/Ye Longbin) It is expected that the factory will have an energy storage capacity of nearly 40 GWh upon completion, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 50,000 households in Shanghai.
On June 10, 2021, the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress passed the Hainan Free Trade Port Law of the People's Republic of China, which determined to establish and improve the Hainan Free Trade Port customs supervision special zone system with closed-off customs operations on the entire island.
The "Notice on Preferential Corporate Income Tax Policies for Hainan Free Trade Port" proposed that enterprises in encouraged industries registered and operated in Hainan Free Trade Port shall be subject to a reduced corporate income tax rate of 15%.
Hainan’s full customs closure marks a significant step toward becoming a globally competitive free trade port. Expanded duty-free policies, relaxed circulation rules, and new financial and trade facilitation measures will open up more opportunities for domestic and international businesses.
In April 2018, China announced plans to transform the island into a pilot free trade zone, with a long-term vision of developing a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. A master plan released in 2020 aimed to make Hainan a globally influential hub for high-level openness by mid-century.
"With the independent customs operations, Hainan FTP is poised to become a key gateway for China's new era of opening up and innovation," Cai added. China's Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) is set to launch an island-wide independent customs operation on Dec. 18, 2025, underscoring the country's wider push for high-standard opening up.
Wang Haiye, director and general manager of Hainan Free Trade Port's one-stop aircraft maintenance industrial base, told the Global Times on Wednesday that it aims to leverage the port's policy advantages to expand the aircraft maintenance market and become a high-level, intelligent one-stop aircraft maintenance platform serving the global market.
