中国海南海口，地理位置接近东南亚和南亚,借力中国最南端的区位优势，党中央决定支持海南全岛建设自由贸易试验区，支持海南逐步探索、稳步推进中国特色自由贸易港建设。

海南大学将于2019年3月31日设立一所新研究院---海南大学“一带一路”研究院。海南大学校长骆清铭表示：“2013年提出的‘一带一路’倡议现已进入了第二个五年时期。毫无疑问，这是中国提出的最具影响力、最具深度的全球性举措之一。“一带一路”倡议成果不仅对中国，对所有参与或即将参与的国家具有变革意义，对造福全人类也具有重要影响。海南大学作为一所坐落在海上丝绸之路重要支点处的重点高校，必须肩负起国家赋予的历史使命，助推实现“一带一路”倡议宏伟使命。”对此，骆清铭校长表示：“为响应国家号召，几个月以来经过多方努力，我非常高兴地宣布，我们已经正式引进两位世界知名的学者，他们分别是：梁海明教授，世界知名的中国当代经济学家，丝路智谷研究院院长。丝路智谷研究院是由南京大学及光明日报社联合发布的中国社会智库最新排行榜排名第三的顶尖社会智库。梁教授刚刚结束在美国普林斯顿大学为期六个月的访学并与该校环境研究所建立了合作关系；冯达旋教授，世界著名科学家，美国得克萨斯大学达拉斯分校前分管科研与经济开发的副校长。我们邀请两位教授分别以院长和荣誉院长的身份加入海南大学‘一带一路’研究院。值得一提的是两位教授因在“一带一路”倡议领域的研究活动和成果而闻名国内外。毫无疑问，两位教授的加入将是海南大学迈向一流大学的重要里程碑。”

梁海明以海南大学“一带一路”研究院院长名义接受凤凰卫视采访

六十年来，海南大学培养了大量在众多研究领域取得了突出成就的优秀人才。与此同时，海南大学也正在为海南当地社会的经济、文化和科学发展做出重大贡献。近年来，海南大学将“热带”“海洋”“旅游”“特区”四大特色领域作为发展重点，着眼于服务海南本省，并逐步面向全国，辐射东南亚地区。

Liang Haiming(梁海明)and Feng Da Hsuan (冯达旋)appointed as Dean and Honorary Dean of Hainan University’s newBelt and Road Research Institute

March 9, Haikou, Hainan Province, China: Sitting on the southern-most tip of China, leveraging

(a) the Central Government has designated the HainanProvinceto be a FreeTrade Zone and soon to be a Free Trade port,

(b) its geographical proximity to South East Asia and South Asia,

Hainan University is establishing a new Institute known as “Hainan University Belt and Road Research Institute HUBRRI (海南大学一带一路研究院.)”

Dr. LuoQingming (骆清铭,) President of Hainan University exclaimed that: “Without any question, proposed in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which is entering the second five years, is one of the broadest and deepest global initiatives of China. The outcome of BRI will not only be transformative to China, to all the nations involved or to-be-involved, but humanity as well. As an aspiring university sitting in one of the major points of entry of the maritime silk route, Hainan University must shoulder the responsibilities to proactively be one of the higher education institutions of China to let BRI reaching its grand mission.”

Adding to the above comment, Dr. Luo said that: “Responding to this call, I am truly excited to announce that after months of searching, we have secured two world renowned scholars,

(a) Professor Liang Haiming (梁海明,) a world-class new generation of economist of China and chairman of China Silk Road iValleyResearch Institute. This Institute is the third top social think tank in China, ranked by Nanjing University and Guangming Daily.

(b) Professor Liang just completed a six-month tour to set up collaborations with Princeton University’s Institute of Environmental Institute;

(c) Professor Feng Da Hsuan (冯达旋,) a world-renowned scientist and former Vice President of Research and Economic Development of the University of Texas at Dallas to join the HUBRRI as Dean and Honorary Dean, respectively, of the Instituteas the Dean and Honorary Dean of the Institute.

It should be noted that Liang and Feng are known nationally and internationally their intensive research activities and outputs in the Belt and Road Initiative. There is no doubt that having both Drs. Liang and Feng joining our effort, it will be one of the watershed moments for Hainan University in its effort to become a first-rate university.”

Over the past 6 decades, HNU has educated a significant pool of talented people and many have accomplished outstanding achievements in a multitude of research areas. Meanwhile, HNU is also presently making significant contributions to the local society for economic, cultural as well as scientific developments. More recently, HNU is placing great emphasis in four areas, “tropic, marine, tourism, special economic zone”, focusing on the services for Hainan Province, extending the service nationally, and last but not least, outreach to Southeast Asia.