Several beautiful villages in Boao, Hainan are decorating their "rural living rooms" in preparation for the upcoming Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference. Every March, guests from the political, business, and academic circles from around the world gather here. On the occasion of the Boao Forum for Asia 2025 Annual Conference, reporters once again visited Boao and nearby villages and towns to experience the development of over 20 years here. Nowadays, this small town has become a vivid epitome of open China. This place is very similar to my hometown, with beautiful oceans and islands Greek software engineer Alexander (pseudonym) and his wife Ms. Zhang currently reside in Haikou. He said he was lucky to use a special targeted drug that was launched in the United States in August last year in Hainan. After successfully undergoing surgery in Beijing, Alexander learned that there was a new drug that could replace radiotherapy and chemotherapy and effectively delay recurrence. In Hainan, this medicine was first used in Asia at West China Lecheng Hospital of Sichuan University in November last year. The Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone (hereinafter referred to as the "Pilot Zone") is a new highland for China's medical opening-up and cooperation, established 12 years ago with approval. Relying on the policy advantages of "licensed medical treatment, licensed research, licensed operation, and licensed international medical exchange", the pilot zone has achieved a series of results in the introduction of innovative drugs and equipment, becoming the main channel for international innovative drugs and equipment to quickly enter China. Lecheng gave me the opportunity to wait for the possibility of healing, and everything is getting better Alexander smiled and said. Jia Ning, Director of Lecheng Management Bureau, introduced that more than 460 types of China's first licensed drugs and equipment have benefited 110900 patients. Among them, in 2024, the number of licensed drug and equipment use and medical tourism reached 51400, an increase of 79.3%, and 413700, an increase of 36.8%, respectively. Under the visa free policies of 59 countries in Hainan and China's transit visa free policy, in December 2024, the pilot zone welcomed an Indonesian international medical tourism group, launching a full chain service covering physical examination, rehabilitation, medical aesthetics, etc., driving per capita consumption of over 12000 yuan and achieving a new breakthrough in medical tourism. At a distance of 9 kilometers from the site of the Boao Forum for Asia, a Chinese national first-class museum, the China (Hainan) South China Sea Museum, resembles a large ship heading towards the sea. On March 20th, the "Entering the Civilization of the Intersection of the Two Seas - Exhibition of Archaeological Relics in Puglia, Italy" jointly hosted by the South China Sea Museum of China (Hainan) and the Puglia Regional Government of Italy was launched. 214 sets of archaeological relics from Puglia, Italy will be displayed here for nearly three months. With more and more Chinese and foreign cultures "touring and conversing" here, the local fishing culture that has been passed down for thousands of years has quietly entered the world. There are various exhibitions in the museum, including rich natural ecology, cultural history, and sunken treasures of the South China Sea. However, what museum director Xin Lixue cherishes the most is the "Doing the Sea - South China Sea Fisherman Culture Exhibition (Hainan)" in Hall 7. At the end of the exhibition, there are portraits of old fishermen from the sailing era, with over 300 fishermen's names engraved on the curtain wall. My classmate's grandfather's photo is hanging on the wall of the museum! "Said Wu Shuxian, a villager from Rixin Village in Tanmen Town. Nowadays, young people are starting to develop leisure fishing and rural tourism on the shore, continuing the stories of their ancestors' fishermen in another way. In 2024, the number of visitors to the museum exceeded 1.44 million. After visiting the museum, tourists returned to the village to eat seafood and stay in homestays, leaving their consumption in the village. The reporter arrived at Nanqiang Village, Boao Town, Qionghai City. This is the nearest natural village to the site of the Boao Forum for Asia, and the village is busy dressing up in a "rural reception room". During the annual conference, several "rural reception rooms" in Boao open their doors to welcome guests, and guests from the political, business, and academic circles discuss cooperation and precise investment promotion in the village, during tea gatherings or strolls. We need to preserve the memories of our home for the traveler, while also allowing guests to experience the authentic rural scenery Wang Xinghui, the secretary of the Chaolie Village Party Branch in Boao Town, showed the reporter a comparison chart of the village before and after the renovation, and said with satisfaction, "The appearance is similar, but the living conditions are more comfortable!" "Every brick on the path has been passed for a hundred years." The villagers recalled that after the sanitation and infrastructure were improved, these old bricks were laid back piece by piece. Hou Yuanyuan, Deputy Director of the Tourism and Culture Bureau of Qionghai City, said that in order to serve the Boao Forum for Asia, Qionghai focuses on empowering rural revitalization through cultural industries, and strives to build three beautiful rural cluster belts around the forum site, the Shamei Inner Sea, and the Longtan Ridge. They, together with the pilot zone and museums, have become vivid representatives of open China. (New Society)