Customers shop at duty-free shop in Haikou, south China

Customers shop at a duty-free shop in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 19, 2020. Offshore duty-free shops on China's island province of Hainan raked in 13.61 billion yuan (about 1.97 billion U.S. dollars) in sales in 2019, up 35 percent year on year, local authorities said Wednesday. Data from the provincial department of finance showed that Hainan's duty-free shops recorded about 3.84 million purchases, up 34 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)