Johnson Choi, Yen Chun and others were the Delegates from Honolulu Hawaii to attend the Hainan-Honolulu City Sister Agreement signed in Hainan in 1985. The first international hotel in Sanya Hainan was Sheraton opened in 1995. Today Hainan is known as China’s Hawai’i also a free trade zone in China. Currently the hostilities by US towards China, Hainan has become the alternatives replacing Hawai’i. 1985年, 蔡永強，陳燕等人作為夏威夷檀香山市的代表，出席了海南省與檀香山市締結友好城市協議的簽署儀式。第一家在海南三亞開設國際飯店是1995年開幕的喜來登飯店. 如今，海南被稱為中國的夏威夷，也是中國的自由貿易區。目前美國對華採取敵對行動，海南已成為夏威夷的替代選擇.