Medical tourism is on the upswing in southern China's Hainan Province. Officials with the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and a number of global medical institutions met the press on Tuesday to promote China's medical tourism sector.

A representative for CiMing Bo'ao International Hospital said the facility aims to provide high-quality medical services to people living in China and abroad. Another representative for Global Fertility and Genetics said his facility will open an IVF center in Bo'ao. Bo'ao's Lecheng is China's first and only pilot zone for international medical tourism. The site in Hainan Province was approved in 2013 and aims to build a cluster of international hospitals and health-care centers. President Xi Jinping inspected the pilot zone during the recently concluded Bo'ao Forum for Asia, calling for more attention to China's health care environment.

HU BO, FOUNDER CIMING BOAO INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL "Our focus in the Bo'ao pilot zone is to keep up with China's belt and road initiative, providing high-quality medical services for both home and abroad. Our hospital in Bo'ao was established four years ago. So far we have already cooperated with many foreign institutions here and we are also trying to set up traditional Chinese medicine centers globally."

ALEX LANGRAND, CHINA REPRESENTATIVE  GLOBAL FERTILITY & GENETICS "We will open an IVF center there and it will benefit Chinese people and Chinese travellers who want to experienced advanced technology. American techonology. It will also benefit people from the Southeast Asia area."