China's Hainan Free Trade Port offers new business opportunities

STORY: China's Hainan Free Trade Port offers new business opportunities DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:16 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): HONG LIANG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER BOOTSMA, Former Senior International Officer of the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone in Hainan, China 4. various of cityscape in Hainan 5. various of production of medicine 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FEY CARL, Professor of BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway 7. various of cityscape in Hainan 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ALESSANDRO GOLOMBIEWSKI TEIXEIRA, Professor, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University 9. various of ports 10. various of cityscape in Hainan STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): HONG LIANG, Xinhua correspondent "China has released a master plan to build the island province of Hainan into a globally influential and high-level free trade port (FTP) by t

Medical tourism zone on China's tropical island provides opportunities: former Dutch diplomat

STORY: Medical tourism zone on China's tropical island provides opportunities: former Dutch diplomat DATELINE: May 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Haikou, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: STORYLINE: Former diplomat of the Netherlands Peter Bootsma has been working with Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone on China's tropical island of Hainan since September 2021. He says the medical tourism zone provides opportunities for international pharmaceutical companies. SOUNDBITE (English): PETER BOOTSMA, Senior Int'l Affairs Officer, Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone "These are the main reasons for me to come into Lecheng. I see that my colleagues are very motivated to develop Lecheng, and there are so many opportunities for that. Lecheng has a very good cooperation with the major pharmaceutical international companies. As these companies see a great opportunity to bring their products via Lecheng to the Chinese mainland. Lecheng is part of Hainan free trade port and I th