MAINLAND CHINA

With Hainan Island being established as a free trade zone (FTZ), the provincial government is putting a lot of effort into developing the island’s tourism industry, including medical tourism. In November 2018, HKTDC Research visited the Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone to find out how it is trying to turn Hainan into one of the world’s medical tourism hubs by capitalising on policy advantages. More

On 4 April, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat-New York), along with Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Bob Menendez (New Jersey) and Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire) and Republican Senators Tom Cotton (Arkansas), Marco Rubio (Florida) and Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania), introduced legislation to impose sanctions with respect to foreign traffickers of illicit opioids. More

The Trump administration has denied more than 5,000 requests for exclusions from the additional tariffs it has imposed on imports from mainland China and has made over 1,000 approvals to date, according to information made available by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. More

The CPSC has announced a recall of the following products made in mainland China. Products: Power Banks, Swivel Fittings and Baby Rattle Socks. More