Hainan Province Hosts Cross-Strait Economic, Trade GatheringOver 100 entrepreneurs from Taiwan attended a week-long gathering from Saturday on in Hainan Province.The Taiwan business people were scheduled to inspect the investment environment of Hainan and take part in negotiations for economic and trade cooperation. Hainan has provided over 150 projects worth of 20 billion yuan for its Taiwan guests. Nearly 200 companies and enterprises from other provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions also participated in the week-long event. It was the first time that such people-to-people activity of economic, trade and cultural exchanges was held across the Taiwan Strait. The event was designed to promote cross-Strait cooperation, especially cooperation between the two largest islands in China: Hainan and Taiwan. Statistics showed that 1,214 enterprises have registered in Hainan Province with a total investment of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars from Taiwan. Hainan receives some 150,000 visitors from Taiwan annually. |
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