An investment fund for Hainan's tourism industry will be set up under the “Hainan Tourism Industry Investment Fund Framework Partnership Agreement” signed by HNA E-Food, Industrial Commercial Bank of China’s (ICBC) Hainan provincial branch, Hainan Development Holdings, HNA subsidiary Beijing Tourism Development Fund and HNA Tourism.
The new Hainan Tourism Industry Fund will initially have a size of RMB2 billion and expected to grow to RMB15 billion eventually. Initial contributions to the fund includes:
Investor | Partner Type | Capital Investment | Proportion to Total Capital |
ICBC Hainan | high-level partner | RMB1.3 billion | 65% |
Hainan Development Holdings | mid-level partner | RMB200 million | 10% |
HNA E-Food | mid-level partner | RMB200 million | 10% |
Beijing Tourism Development Fund | ordinary partner | RMB20 million | 1% |
HNA Tourism | low-level limited partner | RMB280 million | 14% |
The fund will be used for development and the products of ten major industry segments, including marine tourism, medical tourism, shopping tourism and MICE. It will also be injected into renovating six major tourism projects, and invested in key tourism and investent projects designated in the Hainan provincial government’s 13th five-year development plan and by the provincial tourism committee.(Translation by David)
