Hainan duty-free sales rise rapidly

Customers visit a duty-free shop in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 8, 2019. Offshore duty-free shops on China's island province of Hainan raked in 12.89 billion yuan (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars) in sales over the past year, up about 34 percent year on year, according to local customs. From Dec. 1, 2018 to the end of November, Hainan's duty-free shops received 3.29 million customers and sold 17.46 million items, up 20.1 percent and 31.87 percent, respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)