HAIKOU /China/, August 20. /TASS/. The United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of Hainan Province this week held a presentation for young professionals on the international cooperation potential of the Yazhou Bay Innovation Development Zone, which is located in the city of Sanya, the Sanya Daily reported.

According to the newspaper, the purpose of the event is to attract as many qualified young people from foreign universities for the development of Hainan Free Trade Port, to use the potential of professionals from special administrative regions of China - Hong Kong and Macao. The guests of the event were presented with the prospects of increasing investments in projects in the territory of the science city.

The organizers showed detailed information concerning the development of educational and scientific-production complex in Sanya. Special attention was paid to planning issues and special strategic measures aimed at turning Yazhou Bay into an advanced research site of regional and national level.

"We learned about the results of the science and technology activities of the science city, we were very impressed by them," commented Ding Han, Secretary General of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association in Cambridge. "We have studied the sector of remote sensing technologies, and if we have an opportunity, we hope to deepen cooperation."

During the tour of the Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, visitors got detailed answers to their questions regarding cross-sector cooperation, biotechnology research, and intellectual property rights protection system.

Yazhou Bay is located on the coast of the South China Sea and is among the key innovation development projects of Hainan Free Trade Port. The science city is home to China's leading breeding laboratories and a deep-sea marine research center.