At a July 23 press conference, senior officials highlighted new progress in building the Hainan Free Trade Port. In an earlier interview, Feng Fei, secretary of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee, outlined the province's push to develop a "4+3+3" (four pillar industries, three future sectors and three high-end service areas) modern industrial system as a new growth engine. A strategic node between China's domestic market and Southeast Asia, Hainan is poised to thrive at the heart of what Feng calls the "figure-eight" dual circulation loop.