OPINION: PROSPECTS OF CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS P.20 | FEATURES: TOKYO OLYMPICS P.32 VOL.64 NO.31 AUGUST 5, 2021 WWW.BJREVIEW.COM WAVE OF THE FUTURE Hainan Free Trade Port opens to the world RMB6.00 USD1.70 AUD3.00 GBP1.20 CAD2.60 CHF2.60 JPY188 邮发代号2-922·国内统一刊号：CN11-1576/G2 CONTENTS EDITOR’S DESK OPINION 32 Motion and Emotion Chinese Olympians make a splash in Tokyo 02 Steady Progress of Free 20 A Matter of Continued Trade Port Consent 36 Out of the Flood China outlines bottom lines for Coordinated actions avoid the worst 38 THIS WEEK the U.S. Four Days and Three Nights 22 Containment Through a A chronicle of life in a flooded city COVER STORY Cultural Lens 40 The Doctor on Horseback 12 Set Sail Hainan! Lessons from history lead to 86 years of dedication and devotion Hainan Free Trade Port attracts COVID-19 success 42 On the Bund and on the Mend investors 24 Confronting a Dark Internationalizing TCM 16 Vivas Las Villages History 44 The Market of Meals Hainan makes the most of its Indigenous residential schools Domestic culinary brands become magnet for investors village charm in Canada ruin multiculturalism 18 Getting the Word Out 26 China’s Emission Telling Hainan’s story Statement CULTURE 46 The carbon credit market Chinese and U.S. Schools: In Comparison outlook Both have much to teach each other FEATURES FORUM Cover Photo: Tourists go surfing in Wanning, 48 Hainan Province, in February (VCG) 30 President Xi Visits Tibet How to Regulate Tutoring Companies Congratulations on 70th ©2021 Beijing Review, all rights reserved. anniversary of liberation www.bjreview.com Follow us on MEDIA PARTNER BREAKING NEWS » SCAN ME » Using a QR code reader Please recycle EDITOR’S DESK A News Weekly Magazine Steady Progress of Free Trade Port Published Since 1958 The first negative list for cross-border for foreign investment access in the President: Li Yafang trade in services for Hainan Free FTP includes only 27 items, the short- Editor in Chief: Li Jianguo Associate President: Yan Ying Trade Port (FTP) was issued on July est of its kind in China. 26. An important step since the es- A pilot program for the facilitation Content Director: Liu Yunyun tablishment of the FTP, it is also the of cross-border payments of foreign Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Ding Ying country’s first negative list in the field trade and policies concerning foreign Production Director: Yao Bin of trade in services. exchange administration for new-type Editorial Administrators: Zeng Wenhui, Hou Beibei Assistant Executive Editor: Li Fangfang A pillar industry in Hainan offshore trade have made cross-border Commentator: Lan Xinzhen Province, the service sector, con- capital flows easier. Editors: Wang Hairong, Li Nan Editorial Consultants: Elsbeth van Paridon, Ryan Perkins tributes more than 60 percent to the Hainan has also launched pilot Reporters: Tang Yuankai, Wang Jun, Pan Xiaoqiao, Yuan Yuan, province’s GDP. The latest negative reform on the service and manage- Ji Jing, Lu Yan, Wen Qing, Li Qing, Li Xiaoyang, Ma Miaomiao, Zhang Shasha, Tao Xing, Tao Zihui list will facilitate the introduction ment of international professionals, Visual Director: Pamela Tobey of new service models and diversify including trial rules for appointing Photo Editor: Wang Xiang Photographer: Wei Yao supplies of services. foreigners as leaders of public insti- Art: Li Shigong Design Director: Wang Yajuan Since the overall plan for the tutions and state-owned enterprises. Chief Designer: Cui Xiaodong Hainan FTP was released in June last The province has also recruited Designer: Zhao Boyu Proofreading: Ma Xin year, the province has formulated over global candidates as heads of the Human Resources: Zhang Yajie 140 policies designed to promote de- Sanya municipal bureau of tourism Legal Counsel: Yue Cheng velopment of the FTP. promotion and the bonded port devel- North America Bureau In free trade facilitation, except opment bureau of Yangpu Economic Chief: Yu Shujun Tel/Fax: 1-201-792-0334 for the goods subject to export restric- Development Zone. E-mail: [email protected] tions and compulsory inspection and The whole system is scheduled to Africa Bureau Chief Correspondent: Ni Yanshuo quarantine, all goods from abroad and be primarily completed by 2025, and Tel: 27-71-6132053 inside the free trade zone are free from the next two or three years will be time E-mail: [email protected] customs supervision to enter and exit for Hainan to make breakthroughs in General Editorial Office Tel: 86-10-68996252 the border, and tariffs will be collected turning the pilot program into a real Fax: 86-10-68326628 only when the goods enter or exit non- FTP by pooling quality resources and English Edition Tel: 86-10-68996250 free trade zones from the free trade building an open and law-based gov- Advertising Department zone, said a trial policy. ernance environment with a global Tel: 86-10-68995807 E-mail: [email protected] The 2020 version of negative list perspective. 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The main structure was completed last December. Its nickname Snow Ruyi stems from its curves similar to a traditional Chinese jade ornament for good luck. Including the Snow Ruyi, all 12 competition venues have been completed and passed on-site tests conducted by international sports federations. Test activities were staged during the most recent snow season to examine venues and facilities, operation and emergency response. http://www.bjreview.com AUGUST 5, 2021 BEIJING REVIEW 3 THIS WEEKECONOMY cluding the State Administration Huizhou should enhance property research has reached 6 percent Pudong Cluster for Market Regulation, the market regulation and keep its of its research and development The New Bund Global Economic Cyberspace Administration development stable and sound. (R&D) expenditure, he added. Organization Cluster was un- of China and the National The prices of residential The country has become the veiled in Shanghai’s Pudong New Development and Reform housing and land increase too second largest contributor of Area on July 28, as part of its ef- Commission on July 26. fast in these cities in the first half high-quality scientific and tech- forts to attract more international The “strictest algorithm” of this year, and market expecta- nological papers in the world, economic entities to drive high- should not be used as an as- tions have become unstable. according to Xu Jing, an official quality growth. sessment requirement and the Ni asked the local govern- with the Ministry of Science and A total of 10 international delivery time requirements ments to uphold the principle that Technology. economic organizations have should be appropriately relaxed, “houses are for living in, not for The number of citations of set up offices in the New Bund of according to the document. speculation” and refrain from us- Chinese academic papers in 12 Pudong (Qiantan Area). Platforms should participate ing the property sector as a means fields including material science, Yang Chao, deputy head in social insurance programs for of short-term economic stimulus. chemistry, engineering technol- of Pudong, said the cluster the food delivery personnel they Ni also urged them to speed ogy, mathematics and physics will gather more corporate employ, and people working for up efforts in establishing a link ranked among the top two in the headquarters, international other types of employers are mechanism between housing world, Xu said. organizations and institutions with encouraged to join also, it said. and land prices, developing According to Wang, China is global influence, helping Pudong affordable rental housing, and promoting building regional in- become the prime option for Housing Prices making two-way adjustments in novation hubs and encouraging many international organizations Housing authorities held a regu- supply and demand. regions with proper conditions and improving Shanghai’s global latory talk with officials in five to take the lead in innovation- competitiveness. cities on July 29 and urged them Original Innovation driven development.