Sanya
is an international tourist city with tropical seaside scenery, also
known as the "Eastern Hawaii", and on June 14, 2016, the Chinese Academy
of Sciences released the "China Livable Cities Study", which ranked
Sanya third among 40 cities in China in terms of livability index. "Top
100 prefecture-level cities in China in terms of livelihood
development". In February 2017, Sanya was selected as one of the third
batch of national low-carbon city pilots. Sanya was also selected as one
of the top 200 featured charming cities in China and one of the top 200
featured charming cities in the world at the same time. 2017 China's
prefecture-level cities ranked 50th in the Overall Well-Being Index. in
December 2018, it was selected as the 15th best tourist destination city
in China in 2018. On December 13, 2018, Sanya was selected as one of
the advantageous areas of Chinese special agricultural products. Sanya
is a pilot city for the construction of "waste-free city". On October
23, 2019, Sanya was selected as the "third batch of demonstration cities
for urban black smelly water treatment".