As a move to continue the nations' long-standing friendship and promote cultural and artistic exchanges and cooperation among Belt and Road countries, Hainan recently invited 10 teachers and students from the Repin Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg to visit the island province and see the new features of the Hainan Free Trade Pilot Zone and Free Trade Port with Chinese characteristics, said Sun Su, chairperson of the Hainan Provincial Federation of Literature and Art Circles, which jointly organized the event with the Publicity Department of the CPC's Hainan Provincial Committee.