Rename Hainan Province to ‘Nanhai’ to highlight South China Sea sovereignty, suggest experts
解決南海局勢妙招:中國把海南省改南海省?

South China’s island province of Hainan should be renamed "Nanhai" Province, meaning "South China Sea" in Putonghua, suggested a former tourism official, which would highlight China’s sovereignty over the vast region.
旅游局一名前任官員建議說，將海南省更名為南海?。ㄒ鉃椤爸袊Ｄ稀保?，這樣就能夠突出顯示中國對該廣大地區(qū)的主權(quán)。

"The current name ’Hainan’ only refers to the island, while ’Nanhai’ would fully represent the vastness of the region, which includes over 2 million square kilometers of water," Wei Xiao’an, secretary-general of the China Tourism Leisure Association, told the Global Times Friday.
中國旅游休閑協(xié)會秘書長魏小安（音）周五對《環(huán)球時(shí)報(bào)》表示說：“目前‘海南’這個(gè)名字僅僅指海南島，而‘南海’則可以完全代表該200萬平方公里海域的廣闊地區(qū)?！?/div>

Wei’s comments come after an article he published in 2015 was recently reposted and has gained traction online, with skeptics arguing that the move is unnecessary and would cause lengthy administrative procedures.
在魏小安做出這番評論之前，他在2015年出版的一篇文章最近又被重新報(bào)道了，并且在網(wǎng)上吸引了極大的注意，而持懷疑態(tài)度的人則認(rèn)為此舉沒有必要，并且將會導(dǎo)致冗長的行政程序。

Separately, three provincial political advisers from Hainan submitted a proposal to rename the province "Nanhai" at a meeting attended by members of Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in January this year, news portal reported. They also suggested that Hainan should invite experts and officials to conduct a thorough feasibility study and draft a plan on the renaming "in view of the national interest," said the report.
據(jù)新聞門戶網(wǎng)站中國經(jīng)濟(jì)網(wǎng)（ ）報(bào)道，今年一月在一場由海南省政協(xié)委員出席的會議上，三位海南省政治顧問提交了一份議案，建議將海南更名為“南?！?。據(jù)報(bào)道，他們還建議“鑒于國家利益”，海南省應(yīng)該邀請專家和官員進(jìn)行深入的可行性研究、然后起草更名的計(jì)劃。

"Nanhai" could also help strengthen people’s awareness of the South China Sea and that China has indisputable sovereignty over the region, Wei noted.
魏小安指出，“南?！边@個(gè)名字也能夠幫助加強(qiáng)人民對南海的意識，認(rèn)識到中國對該地區(qū)擁有無可爭議的主權(quán)。