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Sanya's 15th Five-Year Plan: Building a World-Renowned Livable, Touristic, and Business-Friendly Co…

Sanya Mayor Chen Xi stated on September 28 at the Hainan Provincial Information Office's 'Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan' series press conference for Sanya that over the next five years, Sanya will seize free trade port opening opportunities to build a world-renowned livable, touristic, and business-friendly modern coastal city. In tourism, Sanya will advance 5A-level scenic area creation, plan and build 7 'diamond-level' Hainan Ring Road tourism highway service stations, develop cruise yachting, cultural entertainment, sports leisure, and medical wellness new formats, attract high-caliber concerts, music festivals, art exhibitions, and sports events, and expand the inbound tourism market…

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Impact and considerations

Sanya's 15th Five-Year Plan clarifies policy directions for tourism consumption, duty-free shopping, inbound tourism, and regulatory innovation, offering strategic reference for duty-free operators, cruise and yacht companies, hotels, and cultural tourism investors. The multi-tiered shopping supply system and 'debut e…

Key points

  • Sanya Mayor Chen Xi stated that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, Sanya will seize free trade port opening opportunities to build a world-renowned livable, touristic, and business-friendly modern coastal city.
  • In tourism, Sanya will advance 5A-level scenic area creation, plan and build 7 'diamond-level' Hainan Ring Road tourism highway service stations, and develop cruise yachting, cultural entertainment, sports leisure, and medical wellness new formats.
  • Sanya will attract high-caliber concerts, music festivals, art exhibitions, and sports events, and expand the inbound tourism market.
  • In duty-free shopping, Sanya will rationally distribute offshore duty-free stores and island resident daily consumer goods duty-free stores, build a multi-tiered shopping supply system covering 'offshore duty-free, island resident daily consumer goods duty-free, and cross-border e-commerce,' and develop the 'debut economy.'
  • In regulation, Sanya will innovate and expand 'one household one code' and 'one boat one code' models, and improve tourism public services and transportation networks.

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29 Sept 2026, 08:00
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30 Sept 2026, 12:31
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29 Sept 2026, 08:00
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