Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at a gathering celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of Hainan Province and the Hainan Special Economic Zone in south China's Hainan Province, April 13, 2018. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

HAIKOU, April 13 (Xinhua) -- China welcomes investors worldwide to invest and start business in Hainan and participate in the building of a free trade port there, President Xi Jinping said Friday.

Xi made the remarks at a celebration marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Hainan Province and the Hainan Special Economic Zone.

China welcomes worldwide investors to share its development opportunities and outcomes of its reform, Xi said.

Xi announced a decision by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee to support building the whole island of Hainan into a pilot free trade zone and support Hainan to gradually and steadily push ahead with the building of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics.