China's Hainan promotes development of duty-free shopping sector

An aerial drone photo shows a duty-free shopping mall in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 29, 2025. In June 2020, China released a master plan to develop Hainan into a globally influential and high-level free trade port by the middle of this century. Over recent years, the island province has sought to build itself into an international tourism and consumption center with booming duty-free shopping.

In order to further release the consumption potential and stimulate the vitality of duty-free shopping, Hainan has increased its annual tax-free shopping quota from 30,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan per person starting from July 2020 and introduced more duty-free business entities, a move that has greatly boosted the booming duty-free shopping sector.

In addition, local customs authorities have strengthened the supervision of duty-free goods imported to and then sold in Hainan, significantly enhancing the effectiveness of duty-free goods regulation and promoting the development of offshore duty-free industry. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

People shop at Haikou Riyue Plaza Duty Free Shop in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

A staff member works at China Duty Free Group Hainan International Logistics Center in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

Staff members attach Chinese-language labels to duty-free products at China Duty Free Group Hainan International Logistics Center in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

Customs officers inspect a warehouse at a logistics center of China Duty Free Group in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

Customs officers inspect a duty-free goods warehouse at China Duty Free Group Hainan International Logistics Center in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

Customs officers conduct monthly inventory checks at a warehouse of Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Passengers choose duty-free products at Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, July 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

People shop at a duty-free shopping mall in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

An aerial drone photo shows a duty-free shopping mall in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

A customs officer checks monthly inventory information at Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

An aerial drone photo shows the China Duty Free Group Hainan International Logistics Center in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

An aerial drone photo shows a duty-free shopping mall in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

An aerial drone photo shows the China Duty Free Group Hainan International Logistics Center in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Customs officers inspect a warehouse at China Duty Free Group Hainan International Logistics Center in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

Customs officers check the traceability code of an item at a duty-free shopping mall in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

People shop at a duty-free shopping mall in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Staff members attach exclusive traceability codes to duty-free products at China Duty Free Group Hainan International Logistics Center in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

People shop at Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)