Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
On December 18, the island-wide special customs operations of Hainan Free Trade Port, or FTP,
will be officially launched,
giving outside investors the most open access to China's economy to date.
Sweeping trade and tax liberalization policies will be in place,
aimed at boosting investment,
trade and industrial development on China's southernmost tropical island.
What sets the The Hainan FTP apart,
what opportunities will Hainan bring to international investors,
consumers, business people and holiday makers?
Welcome to the special edition of The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm Lee Xin.
I'm pleased to be joined from Haikou, the provincial capital of Hainan, by Yu Tao,
director of research center for public diplomacy and Hainan openness at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies.
From Hong Kong, by Dr.
Harry Ho, expert group member of the Chief Executive Policy Unit of Hong Kong.
From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by Auntie Keith,
President of the Belt and Road Initiative Caucus for Asia Pacific and former Transport Minister of Malaysia.
Last but not least, Charlotte Magnet,