(260104) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Customers select products at a duty-free shopping mall in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 1, 2026. Duty-free shopping in south China's resort island province of Hainan got off to a strong start over the New Year holiday, with offshore duty-free sales reaching 712 million yuan (about 101.3 million U.S. dollars) from Jan. 1 to 3, up 128.9 percent year on year, Haikou Customs said on Sunday.
Customs recorded the sale of 442,000 duty-free items during the three-day holiday, up 52.4 percent compared with the same period last year, while the number of shoppers rose 60.6 percent year on year to 83,500, it said. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
