Xi stresses adopting high standards for building Hainan Free Trade Port

SANYA, Nov. 6 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday stressed adopting high standards for building the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP).

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when hearing a work report in Sanya, south China's island province of Hainan, on the building of the Hainan FTP.

Building the Hainan FTP is a major policy made by the CPC Central Committee to comprehensively deepen reform and opening up in the new era, Xi said.

He stressed earnestly studying and implementing the guiding principles of the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and called for achieving the targets of the Hainan FTP development in all respects via close coordination, proactive actions and sustained efforts.

The Hainan FTP will officially launch island-wide special customs operations on Dec. 18 this year, which Xi said is a landmark move of China to unwaveringly expand high-standard opening up and promote the development of an open world economy.