Guide to approval of foreign investment projects

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Updated: 2025-06-24

This guide offers essential information, encompassing necessary requirements, procedures and contact details, for the approval of foreign investment projects in major cities within Hainan province.

Basic Requirements
1. The project must conform to the development plan, industrial policies and access standards.
2. The project must reasonably develop and effectively utilize resources.
3. The project must not affect national and ecological security.
4. The project must not have a significant adverse impact on public interests.
5. The project must comply with the national provisions on the management of capital projects and foreign debts.
6. Non-prohibited projects with a total investment (including capital increase) of $300 million or more in the Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access to Pilot Free Trade Zones (Negative List) may be submitted to the National Development and Reform Commission for approval, among which projects with a total investment (including capital increase) of $2 billion or more must be filed with the State Council.
7. Non-prohibited projects with a total investment (including capital increase) of less than $300 million in the negative list shall be approved by the Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission.
8. Foreign investment projects that are not covered by the preceding two paragraphs but listed in items 1 to 10 of the Catalogue of Investment Projects Subject to Governmental Approval (2016 edition) shall be approved in accordance with the following provisions: (1) Projects subject to provincial government approval, as stipulated in the catalogue, shall be approved by the Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission; (2) Projects subject to local government approval, as stipulated in the catalogue, shall be approved by the development and reform department of the corresponding city/county or the Yangpu Economic Development Zone.

Submit Application
Applications can be submitted at designated offices in Hainan (see below).
1. Hainan
Authority: Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission
Service hours: 8:00 am–noon and 2:30 pm–5:30 pm, Monday–Friday (excluding public holidays)

(Note: The office is closed on weekends. Service hours remain the same year-round in Hainan.)
Address: Hainan provincial government affairs service center, No 3 Wuzhishan Nanlu, Meilan district, Haikou, Hainan province
Contact number: 0898-65203002
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2. Haikou
Authority: Haikou Municipal Development and Reform Commission
Service hours: 8:30 am–noon and 2:00 pm–5:30 pm, Monday–Friday (excluding public holidays)

(Note: The office is closed on weekends. Service hours remain the same year-round in Hainan.)
Address: Haikou government service center, No1 Shijigongyuan Lu, Haikou, Hainan province
Contact number: 0898-68593752
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3. Sanya
Authority: Sanya Municipal Development and Reform Commission
Service hours: 8:00 am–8:00 pm, Monday-Friday; 9:00 am–5:00 pm on weekends (excluding public holidays)

(Note: Service hours remain the same year-round in Hainan.)
Address: Sanya government affairs service center, No 259 Xinfeng Jie, Sanya, Hainan province
Contact number: 0898-12345 (press 2), 0898-38860806
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4. Danzhou
Authority: Danzhou Municipal Business Environment Construction Bureau
Service hours: 8:00 am–noon and 2:30 pm–5:30 pm, Monday–Friday (excluding public holidays)

(Note: The office is closed on weekends. Service hours remain the same year-round in Hainan.)
Address: Danzhou government affairs center, Building D18, Yixin Garden Store, Yingbin Dadao, Danzhou
Contact number: 0898-23585709, 0898-28810908
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Source: Hainan Provincial Department of Business Environment Development