Nature Resources and General Information: Haikou City is a famous fishing harbor in China. Haikou is a city under develpment, with a great variety of industries, particularly in the processing of agriculture products (coconut, sugar cane, cocoa, coffee, rubber, walnut, pineapple, palm oil, tea, and grain). Its rich natural resources -- off-shore petroleum, natural gas, yttrium iron ores, lead clays, zinc, glass sand, and sea salt - are waiting to be explored.

Economic and Industrial Development: The Haikou City government has made great adjustments in the city's economic structure, with more emphasis on the development of industry. The changes have contributed to a stable economic growth, and difficulties of some poor-performance enterprises have been resolved. Relying upon the new technologies, the improvement and introduction of new products, the tax-free industrial development zone has attracted a number of new industrial projects (including the Jinpan industrial development zone), its speed of development increasing along with its potential capacity. Recently, according to governmental statistics, the total domestic output value was reported to have reached 10.25 billion Chinese yuan, the total industrial output value to have reached 8.5 billion Chinese yuan, and the total retail sales value to have reached 6.5 billion Chinese yuan.

Further Opening to the Outside World: Due to the strict monetary policy in macroeconomics and the shortage of finds, the introduction of foreign investment in Haikou City has become an important resource in its own economic reforms and its introduction to the outside world. With proper adjustments in land prices, the adoption of the amortization loans, and other tax and fee preferential treatment, a number of new projects has been introduced with the further improvements in foreign exchange and cooperation. Two hundred new foreign-invested enterprises have been set up in the city, with actual investments valued at over 650 million US dollars. With the improvement in the investment structure, the nature of the investments has been changed from real estate and consumption goods to infrastructures and productive projects, from dispersed short-term projects to large backbone ones.

Sanya City is a state-level tourist site in the province. Located on the southern coast of Hainan Province, it is an important fishing harbor of the province. The city is described as "all season green", with many beautiful scenic spots within the township. It is an international tourist spot and well-known both at home and abroad. The following is a list of well-traveled sites: the World End Excursion Center, A Pillar in the South, the Yalong Bay Tourist Vacation Center, the Nanshan Cultural Tourist Center, the Nanshan Big and Small Caves, Yazhou Ancient City, Luhuitou Park, and the Shell Center.