中共中央总书记、中央军委主席江泽民同志5月中旬在海南经济特区考察时指出,中央关于兴办海南经济特区的战略决策是正确的,在海南实行的各项政策不变。海南省吸引外商投资,进行成片开发,党中央和国务院是支持的。海南要通过改革开放,加快经济开发,改变经济比较落后的面貌。江泽民指出,这两年,海南经济发展是快的,基础设施建设取得明显进展,为吸引外资创造了较好的投资环境。他要求省委、省政府要认真总结经验,认真落实中央给予海南的各项政策,认真搞好特区总体规划,分步组织实施。他强调,兴办经济特区必须坚持社会主义方向,要大力 Comrade Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, pointed out in an inspection tour of Hainan Special Economic Zone in mid-May that the strategic decision made by the Central Government on the establishment of the Hainan Special Economic Zone is correct and various policies implemented in Hainan remain unchanged. Hainan Province to attract foreign investment, into a piece of development, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council is supported. Hainan will speed up its economic development through reform and opening up so as to change the relatively backward economy. Jiang Zemin pointed out: In the past two years, Hainan has enjoyed rapid economic development and made remarkable progress in infrastructure construction, creating a favorable investment environment for attracting foreign investment. He demanded that the provincial party committee and the provincial government conscientiously sum up their experiences, conscientiously implement the various policies promulgated by the Central Government to Hainan, conscientiously do a good job of the overall plan for the SAR and organize and implement them step by step. He emphasized that it is necessary to vigorously promote the establishment of a special economic zone in the direction of socialism