1988年4月,海南正式建省,海南岛划为中国又一个经济特区。从此,海南成为中国最年轻的省份,也是中国最大的经济特区。中央为海南特区制订了“三步走”的经济发展战略:第一步用三至五年时间,达到全国平均经济水平,即人均国民生产总值(GNP)1500元;第二步到本世纪末达到国内发达地区水平;第三步在下世纪再用十多年赶上东南亚国家和地区的发展水平。从特区的功能看,实现这样的目标是责无旁贷的;但从海南的现实基础考察,实现这样的目标需要付出极大的努力。海南起步面临着三时矛盾:其一,目标高、起点 April 1988, Hainan Province officially built Hainan Island designated as another special economic zone in China. Since then, Hainan has become China’s youngest province and China’s largest special economic zone. The Central Government has formulated an economic development strategy of “three steps” for the Hainan Special Administrative Region: the first step takes three to five years to reach the national average level of economy, that is, 1,500 yuan of GNP per capita; and from the second stage to The end of this century will reach the level of developed areas in China; the third step will catch up with the development level of Southeast Asian countries and regions for more than a decade in the next century. From the perspective of the SAR’s function, it is our duty to achieve such a goal. However, based on the reality-based inspection in Hainan Province, great efforts have to be made to achieve such a goal. Hainan started facing three conflicts: First, the goal is high, the starting point