Silicon Valley Hainan
Silicon Valley Hainan Association · 硅谷海南一家亲

One Hainan,
One Family

The Silicon Valley Hainan Association is a non-profit community of people from Hainan, China, living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through festivals, performances and gatherings, we give Hainanese far from home a place to call home.

海南印象

Hainan at a Glance

HaikouSanyaDanzhouWuzhishanQionghaiWenchangWanningDongfangDing'an CountyTunchang CountyChengmai CountyLingao CountyBaisha Li Autonomous CountyChangjiang Li Autonomous CountyLedong Li Autonomous CountyLingshui Li Autonomous CountyBaoting Li and Miao Autonomous CountyQiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous CountyHaikouSanyaDanzhouWuzhishanQionghaiWenchangWanningDongfangDing'anTunchangChengmaiLingaoBaishaChangjiangLedongLingshuiBaotingQiongzhong

Hainan Island is China's second-largest island, covering about 33,900 square kilometres (13,100 square miles). Its eighteen cities and counties each speak with their own voice: the Hainanese of Haikou, Wenchang and Qionghai, the Danzhou dialect, and the Li, Miao and Lingao languages…

Where is your hometown? Find it on the map.

Cities and countiesLi and Miao autonomous counties
White sand, sea and distant hills at Yalong Bay, Sanya

Coconut Breeze, Ocean Blue

Yalong Bay, Sanya: white sand, blue water and summer all year round.

Li brocade textiles hanging on a rack, red and black with diamond patterns

Li Brocade

The traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery of the Li people, inscribed on UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

Nanyang-style arcade houses on Qilou Old Street, Haikou

Qilou Old Street

Haikou's arcade-house street, with its Southeast Asian colonnades and pediments, remembers the Hainanese who sailed south and came home.

Night view of Century Bridge and the seaside high-rises of Haikou

A New Hainan

Century Bridge, Haikou, by night. The Hainan Free Trade Port is changing our hometown day by day.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons. Yalong Bay © Maxim Nedashkovskiy (CC BY-SA 3.0); Li brocade © Popolon (CC BY-SA 4.0); Qilou Old Street © Zhangmoon618 (CC BY-SA 3.0); Century Bridge © Weilong artpg (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photos cropped. Map boundary data: Alibaba Cloud DataV.
关于我们

About Us

Our mission: to bring together Hainanese in the Bay Area, pass on our dialects and culture, look out for one another, and take part in and give back to the communities we live in.

Fellowship

Mid-Autumn, Lunar New Year and other festival gatherings, where old friends and newcomers get to know each other.

Heritage

Hainan opera, the Hainanese dialect, home-town flavours and customs, passed on to the next generation growing up in America.

Mutual Support

For those newly arrived in the Bay Area, a helping hand with school, work and settling in.

Founded: TBD  Status: TBD (e.g. 501(c)(3) non-profit, EIN)

活动

Events

2026
Sept 20
2nd annual
Photo backdrop at the gala with a red banner reading 硅谷海南一家亲

2026 Mid-Autumn Gala

Time
5:00 – 9:00 pm
Venue
Golden Bay Seafood Harbor
34348 Alvarado-Niles Rd, Union City, CA 94587
Hosts
Wu Xin, May, Angie, Stephen
  • 65 and over $20
  • Ages 16–64 $40
  • Ages 6–15 $20
  • Under 6 free

More events

Lunar New Year gathering, picnics, dialect talks and more to be announced

公益

Community Service

Hometown causes our members care about and support. Click a project for details.

团体

Groups

Hainan One Family Art Troupe

Song and dance rehearsed by our own members, the heart of every gala. Profile TBD

The Wishes

The live band at our galas. Profile TBD

参与

Get Involved

Become a member

Everyone from Hainan living in the Bay Area, along with family and friends, is welcome. How to join TBD

Volunteer

Setting up the venue, check-in and reception, photography and video, rehearsals: every pair of hands counts.

Sponsor and donate

Our events are funded by members and local businesses. Donation details and tax information TBD

联系我们

Contact Us

Contact
TBD
Email
TBD
WeChat group
TBD (QR code)
Mailing address
TBD

To attend our next event, sign up to perform or offer sponsorship, please reach us through the channels on the left.