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Policy Empowerment and Functional Breakthrough: A Comparative Study on the Development Path of Hainan Port in the Context of Free Trade Port

by Ran Ji 1
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Korea Maritime and Ocean University, BUSAN 612-022, BUSAN, Korea
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Received: / Accepted: / Published Online: 31 March 2025

Abstract

Under the dual background of global economic integration and the construction of Hainan's FTTP, this study explores how Hainan's ports can transform policy dividends into functional competitiveness through comparative analyses of domestic port development models. The study finds that although Hainan ports enjoy the advantages of system innovation in the FTIP (e.g., ship registration reform, bonded fuel refuelling), they significantly lag behind mature ports in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta in terms of scale effect, international route density and integration of port, industry and city. Based on the system of Shanghai port opening, Ningbo Zhoushan port regional integration, Shenzhen port industry integration experience, this paper puts forward the differentiation of Hainan port breakout path: First, deepen the system innovation, explore the "Hainan" ship special supervision rules and "South China Sea Shipping Service Corridor"; Second, promote the "Hainan" ship registration reform, the "South China Sea Shipping Service Corridor"; Second, promote the "South China Sea Shipping Service Corridor". "; Second, to promote the "port + culture and tourism" integration and "bonded warehousing + offshore trade" value-added service chain; Third, to strengthen regional synergies, through the western land and sea new channel "to the sea reconstruction The third is to strengthen regional synergy, through the new western land and sea corridor "re-creation of the sea" and the staggered division of labour with the Beibu Gulf port group. The study shows that Hainan needs to build a "system-driven" development paradigm through the synergy of policy empowerment and functional iteration to provide a reference for the transformation and upgrading of small and medium-sized ports, and to help regional ports to develop synergistically under the framework of RCEP.


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Ji, R. Policy Empowerment and Functional Breakthrough: A Comparative Study on the Development Path of Hainan Port in the Context of Free Trade Port. Journal of Innovations in Economics & Management, 2025, 6, 109. doi:10.69610/j.iem.20250331
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Ji R. Policy Empowerment and Functional Breakthrough: A Comparative Study on the Development Path of Hainan Port in the Context of Free Trade Port. Journal of Innovations in Economics & Management; 2025, 6(2):109. doi:10.69610/j.iem.20250331
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Ji, Ran 2025. "Policy Empowerment and Functional Breakthrough: A Comparative Study on the Development Path of Hainan Port in the Context of Free Trade Port" Journal of Innovations in Economics & Management 6, no.2:109. doi:10.69610/j.iem.20250331

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