Thirty-seven years ago today, on April 13, 1988 (February 27, 1988 in the lunar calendar), Hainan became the 31st province of China. On April 26, 1988, tens of thousands of people in Haikou celebrated the official listing of Hainan Provincial Government. On April 13, 1988, the first session of the Seventh National People's Congress officially approved the establishment of Hainan as a province, and Hainan Island became the 31st province in China. On the same day, the Seventh National People's Congress passed a resolution on the establishment of Hainan Special Economic Zone, agreeing to build Hainan Island into the largest special economic zone in China. Foreign investment can be given more relaxed policies than the current regulations of other special economic zones, and the economic management system can be more flexible. On September 5th, the first meeting of the First Committee of Hainan Province of the Communist Party of China elected Xu Shijie as the secretary of the provincial party committee, and Liang Xiang was elected as the governor at the people's congress held before that. After Haiti was founded as a province, it was referred to as "Qiong" for short, and the people's government was based in Haikou. New look of Haikou City