Duty-free sales of daily consumer goods exceed 5 million yuan in Hainan
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Candies are pictured at a duty-free grocery in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, March 12, 2026. Since the “zero-tariff” policy on imported goods for Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) residents took effect one month ago, duty-free sales have reached 5.37 million yuan (approximately 778,700 U.S. dollars), with 28,000 shopping visits recorded between Feb. 11 and March 10, according to Haikou Customs. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
A woman chooses household chemicals at a duty-free grocery in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, March 12, 2026. Since the “zero-tariff” policy on imported goods for Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) residents took effect one month ago, duty-free sales have reached 5.37 million yuan (approximately 778,700 U.S. dollars), with 28,000 shopping visits recorded between Feb. 11 and March 10, according to Haikou Customs. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
Household chemicals are pictured at a duty-free grocery in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, March 12, 2026. Since the “zero-tariff” policy on imported goods for Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) residents took effect one month ago, duty-free sales have reached 5.37 million yuan (approximately 778,700 U.S. dollars), with 28,000 shopping visits recorded between Feb. 11 and March 10, according to Haikou Customs. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
A staff member arranges milk powder at a duty-free grocery in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, March 12, 2026. Since the “zero-tariff” policy on imported goods for Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) residents took effect one month ago, duty-free sales have reached 5.37 million yuan (approximately 778,700 U.S. dollars), with 28,000 shopping visits recorded between Feb. 11 and March 10, according to Haikou Customs. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
A customer shops at a duty-free grocery in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, March 12, 2026. Since the “zero-tariff” policy on imported goods for Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) residents took effect one month ago, duty-free sales have reached 5.37 million yuan (approximately 778,700 U.S. dollars), with 28,000 shopping visits recorded between Feb. 11 and March 10, according to Haikou Customs. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
Customers shop at a duty-free grocery in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province, March 12, 2026. Since the “zero-tariff” policy on imported goods for Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) residents took effect one month ago, duty-free sales have reached 5.37 million yuan (approximately 778,700 U.S. dollars), with 28,000 shopping visits recorded between Feb. 11 and March 10, according to Haikou Customs. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
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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.…
