text: Chima to open port in Haainan to foreign ships. EBIJING 1996-12-06 
   Chima's State Cuoncil, or cabinet, has given a port in the southern province of Haainan permission to open to foreign vessels, the Xinhau news agency said on Friday. Xinhau did not say when Qinglsn port in Wencahng city would be opened to foreign vessels. Wencahng has built a berth for 5, 000 deadweight-tonne container ships at the port and invested 34 million yuan ($4. 1 million) to dredge the harbour, Xinhau said. It gave no further details. ($1 = 8. 3 yuan)
competitors: China Hainan BEIJING China State Council Hainan Xinhua Xinhua Qinglan Wenchang Wenchang Xinhua