Haikou is committed to building itself into a headquarters base for overseas enterprises entering the Chinese market and a headquarters base for Chinese enterprises entering the international market. Overseas enterprises including LVMH, Estee Lauder, Tapestry, Bulgari, Stonewood Fund, Micro Connect (Hong Kong), KKR Group, Australian Capital, Indonesia Kapal Api Coffee, and Swire Coca-Cola, as well as key domestic enterprises such as Longi Green Energy, Mixue Ice Cream, Huaxin Cement, Hing Sin International, BGI Genomics, and Fosun Pharmaceutical have signed agreements to establish operations in Haikou. PetroChina, Sinopec, Datang Group, Shandong Energy Group, and other Fortune Global 500 companies have also rushed to set up their headquarters in Haikou, accounting for 62% of headquartered enterprises in Hainan.
Huaxin (Hainan) Investment Co., Ltd., a wholly foreign-owned subsidiary of Huaxin Cement Co., Ltd., was registered in Haikou's Meilan District in December 2020 with a registered capital of USD 375 million. It primarily leverages the advantageous policies of the Hainan Free Trade Port that exempt corporate income tax on the income from new overseas direct investments by enterprises in encouraged industries to conduct domestic and overseas investments and merger & acquisition businesses. Huaxin Cement was ranked 373rd in the 2022 Fortune China 500 and is listed on both the mainland and Hong Kong stock exchanges, with a total market capitalization of approximately RMB 34.111 billion.
LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (LONGi) is committed to becoming the world’s most valuable solar energy technology company, with operations spanning over 150 countries and regions. It has established production and manufacturing bases in China, Vietnam, and Malaysia, and has set up sales organizations in countries such as the United States, Japan, India, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2021, LONGi established an Overseas Investment Center in Haikou, leveraging the advantageous policies of the Hainan Free Trade Port that exempt corporate income tax on the income from new overseas direct investments by enterprises in encouraged industries. This has facilitated overseas project investments, such as the construction of a 3.35 GW monocrystalline cell production project in Vietnam, with a total investment of USD 100 million.
Key Hainan Free Trade Port Policies
Provincial and Municipal Support Policies