Hainan: China's Hidden Paradise

Hainan Asia Youve heard of paradise but Hainan hides a story few people know.

Hainan is an island province and the southernmost province of China consisting of the eponymous

Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration.

The name literally means "South of the Sea". Visitors come for The province has

a land area of 33,920 square kilometers (13,100 sq mi), of which Hainan Island is 32,900

square kilometers (12,700 sq mi) and the rest is over 200 islands scattered across three archipelagos:

Zhongsha, Xisha and Nansha, It was part of Guangdong from 1950 to 1988, after which it was

made a province of its own and was designated as a special economic zone by Deng Xiaoping,