I. Current Status
(1) Stepping into the fast lane
Since Hainan province included the Internet industry as one of its twelve key industries in 2015, the development of the information and communications technology industry has been fast tracked, with over 10 billion yuan of investment.
(2) Giant companies gathered
Currently, there are more than 20,000 domestic and overseas Internet, information and communication technology companies registered and operating in Hainan, including Chinese Internet giants like Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, high-tech enterprises like Huawei, ZTE, and iFLYTEK, and so on.
(3) Key parks
Hainan Ecological Software Park, Haikou Fullsing Internet Industrial Park and other key Internet industry parks have been operating for many years over an industrial space of more than 100 hectares.
II. Development Advantages
(1) Clear industry positioning
The whole island of Hainan is included in the pilot scope of cross-border e-commerce retail imports.
(2) Strong industry support
Preferential policies of relevant key industrial parks help the development of relevant enterprises.
III. Development Direction
(1) IoT
To build an industrial cluster of the 'Internet of Things'
(2) Gaming & Animation
To promote the construction of China's gaming cyberport
(3) Satellite Navigation
To develop marine applications and aerospace information technology R&D and applications
(4) Digital Entertainment
To promote the gathering of digital entertainment companies
(5) Blockchain
To promote the Hainan Free Trade Port Blockchain Pilot Zone Project
(6) Offshore Data Center
To introduce leading industry companies to build offshore data centers
IV. New Opportunities for FTP Investment
Hainan will expand the opening up of the data field, carry out international Internet data exchange pilots, and set up international communication gateways.
It will also expand the opening up of telecommunication resources and services, open up value-added telecommunications services, gradually remove restrictions on foreign equity ratios, allow online data processing and transaction processing services, and open up basic telecommunications services.
V. Recommended Industrial Parks
(1) Haikou Fullsing Internet Industrial Park
(2) Jiangdong E-commerce Industrial Park
(3) Hainan Ecological Software Park
VI. Successful Enterprises
(1) China Mobile Communications Group Hainan Co Ltd
(2) Shiny-Day Group
(3) Jinpan Technology Co Ltd
(4) China United Network Communications Co Ltd Hainan Branch
(5) Legend Holdings Ltd
(6) Qualcomm Incorporated