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Hainan Free Trade Port in China launches special customs operations across the island on Thursday.
This move sends a strong signal to the world about China's commitment to expanding openness, while creating new opportunities for global capital to participate in China's development.
Foreign enterprises in Hainan continue to grow as openness deepens, rising 42.2 per cent in the first three quarters of this year. Forty-eight Fortune Global 500 companies are already operating in the new Jiangdong area of Haikou.