Before the pandemic, Hainan was touted as the “Hawaii of the East” and lured tourists from both China and around the world to its beach resorts and oceanfront villas. But the global outbreak has meant no returning visitors and has put the local economy into free-fall. To revitalize the island, the youngest of China’s 30 provinces, local authorities on 9 June announced a pilot project to allow the use of hundreds of innovative new drugs and medical devices inside one of its special trade regions, Lecheng.
Even to many locals, the name is unheard of and the free-trade zone started taking shape only in 2019, when China’s state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, along with the National Medical Products Administration and National Health
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