On the afternoon of January 12, in Sanya, Hainan, Jack Ma and Ma Huateng sat on the left and right sides of Hainan Governor Shen Xiaoming respectively.On this day, they also each had a new title.

According to Hainan Daily, on the afternoon of the 12th, the founding meeting and first annual meeting of the Hainan Provincial People’s Government Entrepreneur Advisory Conference was held in Sanya.The purpose of the consultation meeting is to focus on the positioning of three districts and one center, provide advice and suggestions for Hainan to comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, build a free trade pilot zone and a free trade port with Chinese characteristics, assist Hainan in fulfilling the major responsibilities and missions entrusted by the central government, and realize major national strategic positioning.

The inaugural meeting confirmed that Jack Ma, chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba, Ma Huateng, chairman of the board of directors of Tencent, Ning Gaoning, chairman of Sinochem Group, Zhou Qiren, professor of Peking University, and Liang Jianzhang, chairman of the board of directors of Ctrip, were members of the first consulting meeting.Vice Chairman of the Advisory Council.The live video shows that Ma Yun is sitting on the left side of Hainan Governor Shen Xiaoming, Ma Huateng is sitting on the right side of Shen Xiaoming, Mao Chaofeng, member of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, is on Ma Yun's left side, and Hainan Vice Governor Wang Lu is on Ma Huateng's right side.

Shen Xiaoming, on behalf of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Government and Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Liu Cigui, welcomed and thanked the members of the consultation meeting, and briefly introduced the economic and social development of Hainan.He said that over the past 30 years since Hainan Province established a special economic zone, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the strong support of the whole country, remarkable achievements have been made in economic and social development.pain points for long-term development.

Reform is the inherent gene of Hainan, and opening up is the need of Hainan's development and survival. It is necessary to find the right development position in the global pattern, focus on cultivating and developing tourism, modern service industry, and high-tech industries, and reduce economic impact.dependence on real estate, while broadening employment channels and vigorously introducing and cultivating talents.

Shen Xiaoming hopes that all members of the consultation meeting will focus on the reality of Hainan, based on the high-end industry and the frontier of the industry, and provide advice and suggestions for Hainan's reform and opening up development, free trade zone and free trade port construction with Chinese characteristics; help Hainan cadres broaden their horizons and improve their ability to develop an open economyAbility to work; be able to use one's own personal connections to introduce and recommend Hainan more, attract more entrepreneurs, experts and scholars to join the consultation meeting, and contribute wisdom and strength to the implementation of major national strategies with Hainan.

At the first annual meeting, five members of the advisory meeting spoke respectively.Jack Ma suggested exploring new trade rules in the digital economy era, focusing on cultivating and developing small and medium-sized enterprises, and introducing innovative and entrepreneurial talents.Ma Huateng put forward suggestions from the aspects of industrial collaboration, regional coordination, innovation leadership, and differentiated development.Ning Gaoning believes that Hainan can develop science and technology research and development industries and build a digital island and an entrepreneurial island.Zhou Qiren proposed that Hainan develop industries focusing on the consumer groups of 2 to 3 billion people in China, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia.Liang Jianzhang put forward his views on the development of high-end tourism.

How is the list of members of the advisory meeting determined?According to the Hainan Daily, the members of the consultation meeting are invited by the Governor of Hainan Province and are composed of well-known entrepreneurs and a small number of experts and scholars who are enthusiastic about deepening reform and opening up in Hainan, and are full of strategic thinking and innovative consciousness. The number of members does not exceed 20.The advisory meeting shall have a chairman and a vice-chairman with a term of two years.The chairman is generally elected from among the former vice-chairmen, and is elected after the joint nomination of the former chairman and the governor of Hainan Province at the meeting of all members held after the end of his or her term of office.

The main task of the consultation meeting is also very clear, to provide the Hainan Provincial Government with opinions and suggestions that are conducive to Hainan's reform and opening up, and to let the business community further understand the opportunities they may obtain in Hainan.Each member of the advisory meeting conducts in-depth and detailed research on Hainan at least once a year.

On the 13th, the front page of Hainan Daily published a commentator’s article gathering wisdom from all over the world to promote Hainan’s development.The commentary stated that the construction of free trade zones and free trade ports is a major historical opportunity for Hainan.Since last year, in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the central government, Hainan has actively promoted the construction of free trade zones and free trade ports and made important progress.However, as a rising star in the construction of free trade zones, Hainan still faces practical shortcomings such as poor economic structure and talent shortage.Entrepreneurs have been on the front line of the market for a long time, have a deeper understanding of the pain points, difficulties, and congestion points in development, and are more familiar with international rules and market rules.

The establishment of the consultation meeting can be said to be at the right time. Asking wise entrepreneurs and gathering wisdom from all quarters can effectively eliminate problems and shortcomings in development, and provide assistance for the leapfrog advancement of Hainan Free Trade Zone and Free Trade Port.Those who achieve great things gather the wisdom of the masses.The construction of free trade zones and free trade ports is an innovative and exploratory task.General Secretary Xi urged that we must mobilize the strength of the whole country and gather talents from all corners of the country.

The establishment of the consultation meeting is an important manifestation of gathering wisdom and efforts to jointly build the Hainan Free Trade Zone and Free Trade Port.We need to raise awareness, take the initiative, run the consultation meeting well, attract more outstanding entrepreneurs to participate in the consultation meeting, and drive more forces to promote the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Zone and Free Trade Port.

At the same time, we must take this opportunity to attach importance to enterprises and service enterprises, make every effort to create a first-class business environment, solve development problems, and promote the construction of a beautiful new Hainan with high quality.On April 13 last year, ...we solemnly announced at the meeting celebrating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Hainan as a province and established a special economic zone that the Party Central Committee decided to support the construction of a free trade pilot zone on the whole island of Hainan.The next day, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued guidance on supporting Hainan to comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, clearly focusing on the existing free trade pilot zone pilot content and combining Hainan’s characteristics to build a China (Hainan) free trade pilot zone. The scope of implementation is HainanThe whole island.

On October 16, 2018, Xinhua News Agency reported that a few days ago, the State Council approved the establishment of the China (Hainan) Pilot Free Trade Zone and issued the overall plan for the China (Hainan) Pilot Free Trade Zone.The plan points out that the construction of the Hainan Pilot Free Trade Zone is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council with an eye on the overall situation of international and domestic development, in-depth research, overall consideration, and scientific planning. It is a major measure to demonstrate my country's determination to expand opening up and actively promote economic globalization .