A view of Sanya Bay in Hainan province. [Photo/VCG]

Liu Cigui, Secretary of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee, said during his visit to the CIIE on Tuesday that Hainan warmly welcomes companies with the world's newest and most advanced medical technology, products and services to start business in Hainan and cooperate with Hainan by taking advantage of the preferential policies granted by the State to Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone.

A demonstration project launched in 2013, Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone has been granted nine special preferential policies including special permission to import medical technology, medical equipment and medicine, and cutting-edge technological research on stem cells.