In the evening of December 19th, “Welcome party for foreign friends and people abroad in Haikou area” was held in Hainan Mandarin Hotel. Leaders from the related departments in Hainan Province, Chen Qiongbo, Deputy Director of Standing Committee of the National People's Congressm, Deputy mayor Han Mei, and the directors from the related departments as well as more than 300 foreign friends and people abroad attended the welcome party.
According to the introduction of director in Haikou Foreign Affairs Office that in recent years, Haikou had an increasing fame with the opening-up in Haikou. Especially since Hainan International Tourism Island had become the national strategy, foreign friends and people abroad coming to Haikou for work and life had a fast and increasing trend.
As it was known to all, at present over 900 foreign friends form over 30 countries studied and worked in Haikou. Besides, over 1,000 students abroad in over 10 countries of America, England, Austria and France returning to homeland worked and became an undertaking in Haikou. They were the important human resources for the construction of Hainan International Tourism Destination and pushing of all undertakings in Haikou economical society.
Han Mei, Deputy Mayor, on behalf of Municipal Government, expressed a thanks to foreign experts, international friends and people abroad returning to homeland on active role they played in the economical construction and social development of Haikou in the speech. She expressed that Haikou Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government and the related departments would create the first-class environment for the work and undertaking of foreign experts, international friends and people abroad returning to homeland just as in the past. And he hoped that they could play an important role, display the inspiration and have a good business in the construction of Hainan International Tourism Destination.
The welcome party was hosted by Haikou Foreign Affairs Office and Haikou Foreign Experts Bureau and assisted by Hainan Mandarin Hotel.