Haikou

Haikou
  • Country: China
  • City: Haikou
  • Population: 2,046,189
  • Area: 2 km2
Ding Hui

Mayor: Ding Hui

Ding Hui, the mayor of Haikou, believes that Hainan's core free trade port area will speed up China's economic development. Ding is a supporter of sustainable and quality development and calls for initiatives and efforts to achieve an annual GDP of about 10%. The government's 2023 work report shows that steady progress has been made in becoming a free trade port and also to increase consumption. The Haiku culture and tourism market saw a rapid recovery in the first quarter. Mayor Haikou plans to make his key industrial parks bigger and better in order to achieve the goals of cultivating and strengthening strategic emerging industries and accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system in the government's work report.

Membership in the executive board:

Haikou is the Fourth-term president city of  AMF

Haikou (/haɪˈkoʊ/;[3] Chinese: 海 pinyin: Hǎikǒu), formerly Hoikow, is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan.[4] Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the Haidian Island, which is separated from the main part of Haikou by the Haidian River, a branch of the Nandu. Administratively, Haikou is a prefecture-level city, comprising four districts, and covering 2,280 square kilometers (880 sq mi). There are 2,046,189 inhabitants in the built-up area, all living within the four urban districts of the city

Haikou was originally a port city, serving as the port for Qiongshan. During the Chinese Civil War, Haikou was one of the last Nationalist strongholds to be taken by the Communists — with the Battle of Hainan Island in 1950. Currently, more than half of the island’s total trade still goes through Haikou’s ports. The Temple of the Five Lords is located to the southeast of the city.

The city is home to Hainan University, a comprehensive research university under Project 211, and the Double First Class University Plan in certain disciplines, which has its main campus on Haidian Island.