China’s Hainan sees surge in duty-free shopping during summer season
Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror
People shop at the Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, July 18, 2026. Hainan is experiencing a surge in duty-free shopping during this summer season. It is reported that in the first six months of this year, offshore duty-free sales totaled 19.92 billion yuan (about 2.93 billion U.S. dollars), involving 15.966 million duty-free items and 2.793 million shoppers, registering year-on-year growth of 18.8%, 7.3% and 12.6% respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
People shop at the Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, July 18, 2026. Hainan is experiencing a surge in duty-free shopping during this summer season. It is reported that in the first six months of this year, offshore duty-free sales totaled 19.92 billion yuan (about 2.93 billion U.S. dollars), involving 15.966 million duty-free items and 2.793 million shoppers, registering year-on-year growth of 18.8%, 7.3% and 12.6% respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
A woman shops at the Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, July 18, 2026. Hainan is experiencing a surge in duty-free shopping during this summer season. It is reported that in the first six months of this year, offshore duty-free sales totaled 19.92 billion yuan (about 2.93 billion U.S. dollars), involving 15.966 million duty-free items and 2.793 million shoppers, registering year-on-year growth of 18.8%, 7.3% and 12.6% respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
People shop at the Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, July 18, 2026. Hainan is experiencing a surge in duty-free shopping during this summer season. It is reported that in the first six months of this year, offshore duty-free sales totaled 19.92 billion yuan (about 2.93 billion U.S. dollars), involving 15.966 million duty-free items and 2.793 million shoppers, registering year-on-year growth of 18.8%, 7.3% and 12.6% respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
People shop at the Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, July 18, 2026. Hainan is experiencing a surge in duty-free shopping during this summer season. It is reported that in the first six months of this year, offshore duty-free sales totaled 19.92 billion yuan (about 2.93 billion U.S. dollars), involving 15.966 million duty-free items and 2.793 million shoppers, registering year-on-year growth of 18.8%, 7.3% and 12.6% respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
People shop at the Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, July 18, 2026. Hainan is experiencing a surge in duty-free shopping during this summer season. It is reported that in the first six months of this year, offshore duty-free sales totaled 19.92 billion yuan (about 2.93 billion U.S. dollars), involving 15.966 million duty-free items and 2.793 million shoppers, registering year-on-year growth of 18.8%, 7.3% and 12.6% respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
People watch a robot performing at the Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, July 18, 2026. Hainan is experiencing a surge in duty-free shopping during this summer season. It is reported that in the first six months of this year, offshore duty-free sales totaled 19.92 billion yuan (about 2.93 billion U.S. dollars), involving 15.966 million duty-free items and 2.793 million shoppers, registering year-on-year growth of 18.8%, 7.3% and 12.6% respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
This photo taken on July 18, 2026 shows a view of the Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province. Hainan is experiencing a surge in duty-free shopping during this summer season. It is reported that in the first six months of this year, offshore duty-free sales totaled 19.92 billion yuan (about 2.93 billion U.S. dollars), involving 15.966 million duty-free items and 2.793 million shoppers, registering year-on-year growth of 18.8%, 7.3% and 12.6% respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
