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| Geographical
Location |
Hainan Province is the
solely tropical island province of China,administrating Hainan
main island,the islets and reefs of Xisha,Nansha,Zhongsha and
their surrounding waters.Hainan Province lies in the central
part of Asian Pacific Economic Circle, facing Leizhou Peninsula
of Guangdong over the Qiongzhou Strait. The west of the island
borders the Gulf of Tongkin,with Vietnam visible in the distance.
The east of the island is near to Hong Kong and Taiwan, and
the Philippines is in southeast. The South Sea in south of the
island adjoins to Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore.
Haikou City, the capital of Hainan Province, is away from Hong
Kong for 50
minutes by air and 2-3 hours from above foreign countries and
regions.
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| Area and Population |
Hainan Island is the second
largest island of China, taking up a land area of 34,000 square
kilometers with a population of more than 7,600,000 in 1999.
Many nationalities live in Hainan Island, maily including Han,
Li, Miao and Hui nationalities. In China, Li nationality live
in the middle and south of Hainan Island only. The total population
of Li nationality is of 1,280,000 in 1999.
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| Climate |
Hainan Island has monsmoon
tropical climate with annual average temperature 22¡æ-26¡æ and
annual rainfall 1500-1600mm. More than 300 days of a year are
sunny days. Hainan is a good place of escaping cold, relieving
summer heat, having holidays and traveling due to the above-mentioned
climate.
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Ecological Environment |
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Hainan Island develops
lately with well protected natural environment. the forest covers
51.5% of Hainan Island. at present. there are five tropical
primeval forest areas in Hainan Island: Wuzhishan Forest Area,Bawangling
forest Area, Jianfengling Forest Area, Diaoluoshan Forest Area
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Tourist resources |
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Hainan Island lies between
the tropical and subtropics with rich natural resources as well
as natural landscape of tropical island, natural flavor, geothermal
hot spring, cultural relics and rare animals and plants. According
to the preliminary investigation, the available tourist resources
of Hainan Island are of 241 spots of 11 kinds totally. All the
domestic and foreign exports and tourists are enchanted by the
blue sky, white clouds, bright sunshine, long coastline and
many bays, white sandy beaches, coconut scenery and charming
sea of Hainan Island. A.E.Saviqnac, the former secretary general
of World Tourist Organization, well commended on Hainan during
his visit, "Hainan is a beautiful peal of China and the whole
human beings, possessing the most precious resources of China.
The status of Hainan to China is just like the Mediterranean
to Europe and the Hawaii or Florida to America." Francesco Frangialli,
the Secretary General of World Tourist Organization, also set
a high value on the tourism of Hainan during his visit. He said
that he would help Hainan to go globewide and to become a Holiday
paradise to all tourists from home and abroad.
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Traffic and Communication of Hainan
Island |
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At present, hainan has
two airports. Of which, Hainan Meilan Airport has opened the
airlines to Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia,
and Burma as well as to the capitals of the important provinces
and cities of China, and has been listed as one of the eight
large aerial ports of China. Meanwhile, Sanya Fenghuang Airport
has opened the airlines to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Seoul,
Osaka, Tokyo, Siberia, Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan, totally 10
international airlines and to 23 cities of China. The two airports
have opened totally more than 70 domestic and international
air routes. |
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