A Long March 7 rocket, carrying Tianzhou 3, blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan on Monday. SU DONG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Construction of China's first commercial spacecraft launch site started on July 6 in Wenchang city, South China's island province of Hainan.

As a major project of the Hainan free trade port construction, the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site is committed to becoming world-class, market-oriented, and further improving the launching capability of China's commercial carrier rockets.

Hainan will make full use of the synergistic advantage of the launch site and policies of the free trade port, striving to build Wenchang into a top-ranking international space city, said Feng Fei, governor of Hainan.