On December 13, the fourth Hainan Free Trade Port Key Projects Signing Ceremony was held in Haikou City, with Provincial Party Secretary Shen Xiaoming, Deputy Provincial Party Secretary and acting governor Feng Fei and other officials attending and witnessing the signing.

On behalf of Henan University, Party Secretary Lu Keping signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Department of Education of Hainan Province and Sanya Municipal People's Government to establish the Sanya Research Institute of Henan University in Yazhou Bay Science and Education City, Hainan Province, to carry out comprehensive cooperation around talent training and agricultural science and technology. Vice President Xu Shaokang, former Party Secretary Sun Peixin, as well as the Office of the Party Committee, the Development and Planning Department, and the preparatory group for the Sanya Research Institute of Henan University witnessed the signing.

Before the signing ceremony, Cao Xiankun, Director of the Hainan Provincial Department of Education, met with Lu Keping and expressed his warm welcome and support for the establishment of the Sanya Research Institute of Henan University, requesting that the cooperation projects be accelerated and substantive results be achieved as soon as possible to realize win-win cooperation between the province and the university.

It is reported that the establishment of the Sanya Research Institute of Henan University is conducive to the organic combination of the university's discipline and talent advantages and the advantages of the eastern coastal city's location and policies, to create a platform for the introduction of high-level talent, high-end talent training platform, high-level research and transformation platform, international exchange and cooperation platform, not only to provide strong support for the university's “Double First-Class” construction but also to contribute to the implementation of national strategies and economic and social development of the university.