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CHINA PRESS: China's decision last week to make its southernmost island Hainan

Province a pilot free-trade zone is one of its efforts to actively open itself

up amid rising protectionism and unilateralism in the world, said Economic

Information Daily in a front-page report. 

  - Hainan will be a pilot area for China to deepen reform and to further the

opening up of its economy, as the twelfth and biggest free-trade zone in the

nation; 

  - More tourists in the province will be able to access duty-free shopping;

  - The province will further open up the service sector, including tourism,

healthcare, education and culture, as well as insurance and transportation; 

  ***Comments: Over the weekend, the official Xinhua News Agency also said China

will gradually stop selling gasoline-fueled vehicles in Hainan, replacing them

with new-energy and other environment-friendly cars, as part of the country's

efforts to further upgrade its consumption.