Island province to use FTP status for more global reach Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-12 09:27 Share CLOSE A yacht on display at the China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou, Hainan province, on Friday. [Photo by Zhang Wei/China Daily] China's further opening-up efforts, COVID recovery highlighted in expo HAIKOU－As comprehensive reforms are being deepened and high-level opening-up policies are being put in place, China's southern island province of Hainan is transforming itself into a free trade port for the world. Last June, China released a master plan to build the island into a globally influential and high-level free trade port by the middle of the century. The China International Consumer Products Expo is the latest testament to China's opening-up commitment.