Chapter 519: Cross-Sea Bridge

Ulanqi remembered the idea of ​​the "outdoor island duty-free zone" that Yang Xing talked to him first, and thought that he had indeed ambushed. Yang Xing opened the laptop at hand and pulled out a long list and said: "If you want to attract foreign tourists to Hainan, we must always provide relevant supporting services. Then, can the procedures for applying for a visa on arrival from the central government be simplified and whether the international flights can be offered more discounts, it should not be too much."

The head of Ulan's tourism management team nodded like a rice pound. He looked down on Yang Xing's youth just now. Now, I know that it's just about the point when I heard someone else's talk. "If we go further, we might as well apply for the opening of the airline right directly, so that Haikou or Sanya will have room for international airports. I know that HNA is the first listed airline in the country, and the first Sino-foreign joint venture airline, and also has the right to operate Haikou Meilan Airport. Let's make a fuss in this regard, expanding the scope of off-island duty-free shops at the airport and cooperating with the internationalization of the airport."

"By the same, many foreign tourists come, and they all like to pay directly in their own country's currency, but our country implements foreign exchange controls, and the procedures for exchange are troublesome. When Hainan was established, the central government gave the province a policy of free exchange of foreign currency settlement, allowing foreign financial institutions to implement exchange, and foreign currencies are stored on the island and there is no need to pay them. Why didn't Shengli use this? First, do an experiment in foreign exchange and first set up a foreign currency free settlement area in the province?"

These words made the officials in charge of finance under Ulanqi's eyes lit up. Yes, when Hainan was established, the central government gave Hainan a policy of free exchange of currency in its province. However, Hainan introduced a small amount of foreign investment, and this policy was forgotten. Moreover, the policy was formulated to attract foreign investment. Yang Xing now wanted to put this policy on foreign currency exchange for foreign tourists, and then implemented it to the free exchange of foreign currencies similar to the investment and operation of the free trade zone. Yang Xing really made a profound arrangement for the construction of the free trade zone.

With Yang Xing's guidance, Ulanqi and his subordinates were also veterans in the officialdom and soon entered the state. Starting from the six strategic goals of building an international tourist island, they all found places where they could play the edge. For example, in order to attract domestic and foreign tourists, it is necessary to ensure that Hainan's green mountains and clear waters do not deteriorate, and it is necessary to make great efforts to rectify the environment of the entire island. Some high-pollution and high-energy-consuming industries on the island need to be rectified, and clean energy such as solar energy, wind energy, nuclear energy, etc. can not only require subsidies for new energy from the central government, but also allow Hainan to act as a demonstration zone for the national sustainable development strategy. I believe the central government will fully support it.

Nowadays, new leisure tourism methods are popular internationally, and more attention is paid to the environmental protection and original ecological protection of tourist attractions. The construction of resorts and five-star hotels is also developing in the direction of harmonious coexistence with the surrounding environment. Is Hainan's economy backward? Many villages still maintain their original state, which is actually catering to this tourism flow.

Ulanqi's subordinates suggested that detailed planning be carried out according to the ethnic customs of various parts of Hainan, and more product routes are opened to highlight local characteristics. Yang Xing also suggested that in order to make Hainan's tourism management, service and marketing comprehensively integrate with the international community, the province should select a group of internationally renowned hotel management groups, travel agencies, airlines and other large enterprises as soon as possible to establish long-term cooperative relations, and increase external publicity efforts to make Hainan's international tourism island image deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In order to build a nest and attract foreign investment, the relevant policy preferential treatment should be kept up as soon as possible. Since the tourism industry has opened up, other foreign companies coming to Hainan should also enjoy the same policy preferential treatment. Now that the country is actively joining the WTO, domestic and foreign companies should be given the same national treatment. We are discussing that domestic and foreign companies should implement the same tax burden standards. After all, this is an international practice. Can Hainan take the lead in this regard, give full play to the advantages of the Special Administrative Region, and conduct experiments on tax reform first?

In addition, the international tourism island strategy also talks about establishing a national ecological civilization construction demonstration zone, an important platform for international economic cooperation and cultural flow, and a national tropical modern agricultural base in Hainan. These are all recommended for the purpose of carrying out new forms of tourism.

Modern tourism has long gone beyond the scope of sightseeing, eating and accommodation. Ecological agricultural tourism, international exhibitions, conferences and tourism are all emerging tourism methods. If Hainan wants to build an international tourist island, it is necessary to develop some special tourism methods to reflect Hainan's unique tourism style.

When it comes to building a national tropical modern agricultural base, Hainan has unique advantages. Hainan Island is full of light and warm in winter, suitable for crop growth. Rice seeds are ripe three times a year. After the north enters winter, Hainan Island still has a suitable climate and is suitable for farming. In recent years, with the national "vegetable basket" project being launched nationwide, Hainan's off-season vegetables produced in winter have been put on the desks of many northern families. For this reason, the country is discussing opening a "green sè channel" on major domestic highways to transport Hainan's agricultural products, and Yang Xing suggested that Hainan has a lot of articles to do on this.

As for building an international cooperation platform, the Boao Forum for Asia built by Xinghua Real Estate has made a good start. In the future, Hainan will introduce a large number of international conferences and build a number of high-end conference facilities, as well as supporting golf courses, horse farms and other vacation and tourism facilities. All of this requires large-scale fixed asset investment in Hainan Island to ensure.

To build large-scale infrastructure and accelerate the transportation of agricultural products on the island, the requirements for building roads on the island must be put on the agenda. Hainan Province is already building a ring road. Yang Xing reminded them why not apply to the Ministry of Railways to directly build the Hainan ring road into a high-speed railway.

Besides, the sea-crossing train to Hainan is now being opened, allowing the train to take the ship to the Qiongzhou Strait, which is also the first in China. However, Yang Xing obviously did not take the pride of the official in charge of Hainan, Jiātong, seriously. He directly stated that Hainan wants to change the dilemma of being lonely overseas, the only way is to build a cross-sea bridge across the Qiongzhou Strait that connects the inland China.

After hearing that Yang Xing wanted to build the Hainan Cross-Sea Bridge, they were shocked and their emotions rose to the peak. Hainan has always been called the second largest treasure island of the motherland after its founding, but for well-known reasons, it has always been regarded as the country's largest island.

Although the Qiongzhou Strait, which separates Hainan from its local area, is known as the "golden waterway", it is a natural barrier with a length of about 80 kilometers from east to west and an average width of nearly 30 kilometers from north to south, which directly makes the shortest road to Hainan take about 3 hours to sail. In addition, the moment of transshipment consumption during the period, the problem of the passage transported from Hainan to the mainland has always been a bottleneck restricting Hainan's economic development.

Since the Song Dynasty, visionaries have talked about the idea of ​​building a bridge between Guangdong and Hainan to communicate with the natural barrier. In the 1970s, Premier Zhou also appointed central officials to study the issue of building a channel across the Qiongzhou Strait. Hainan Province has been working hard to get rid of the problem of not being able to transport materials on the island and not being able to transport raw materials outside the island. The idea of ​​building a cross-sea channel has become the dream of successive Hainan leaders. Now they heard Yang Xing propose to take advantage of the opportunity to build an international tourist island to board the cross-sea bridge, of course they are moved.

Yang Xing knew that his efforts were not in vain when he saw the moving faces of Ulanqi and his subordinates. He was relieved when he saw the hearts of the main Hainan officials. The most important thing about the success of a policy depends on the person who implemented the policy. His previous plan was to motivate Ulanqi and the provincial party secretary, and with his detailed explanation today, it seems that the opinions of other middle and high-level officials in Hainan have been unified.

Only by achieving internal agreement can the international tourism island plan be truly launched. In order to implement the Jiudu future development outline, Kan Dongtian held a meeting for more than a month before reporting to the province. Now it is related to the future economic development and transformation of Hainan Province. It must be reported to the central government for approval. Hainan's own internal affairs must not be làn

Yang Xing has decided on various measures to promote the construction of international tourist islands in Hainan first. Only after obtaining the assistance of Hainan officials can these measures be carried out smoothly. And now everyone has reached an agreement to report the international tourist island plan, pay attention to the timing of various reform pilot plans. Many things in Hainan's reform are bad because they are not attained at speed. This time, we must be careful and cautious in doing everything step by step.

Yang Xing specially added the idea of ​​building Hainan into the South China Sea resource development and service base in the international tourism island plan. It seems that Hainan has no big problems now. However, Yang Xing knew that just verbal talks cannot solve the problem of the South China Sea. To take the lead in building Hainan's logistics base for the future development of the South China Sea, Hainan's infrastructure construction must be accelerated, so he simply threw out the Hainan Qionghai Cross-Sea Bridge plan that was left on paper in his previous life.

However, it is not easy to build the Hainan Cross-Sea Bridge. Although it sounds like this is a major project that benefits the country and the people, building bridges across the sea has always been a large project with expensive construction periods. The first East China Sea Cross-Sea Bridge connecting Shanghai Yangshan Port was built in 2005 and cost more than 7 billion yuan. The Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Bridge, which was the longest-distance in China, cost 16 billion yuan, consuming more than the steel used by the Three Gorges Project. It has complex technology and huge engineering projects, setting many world records. It took five years to complete, which shows how difficult it is.

Because Hainan's cross-sea bridge is located outside the sea and the ocean current conditions far exceed that of Hangzhou Bay in the inland sea. In Yang Xing's memory, in order to achieve the purpose of communicating sea and land, this bridge is still a dual-purpose cross-sea bridge for road and railway. The total cost is ten times that of Hangzhou Bridge, up to 140 billion yuan.

Even if the factors such as inflation are eliminated, the bridge will now have to be repaired at least 100 billion yuan, and most of the project funds can only be borne by Hainan and Guangdong provinces. Even if Guangdong across the sea is rich and powerful, it is unbearable, let alone Hainan, whose economic output value is less than one-tenth of Guangdong. Therefore, until Yang Xing's accident in the previous life, the Hainan Cross-Sea Bridge only stayed on the drawings.
Chapter completed!