Tourists shop at the Haitan Bay Duty Free Shopping Complex in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province on Monday. During the three-day New Year holiday, 144,100 duty-free items valued at 129 million yuan ($18.77 million) were sold, up 16.85 percent and 19.44 percent year-on-year, respectively, setting new highs. Hainan announced a new duty-free policy in December that aims to boost tourism and domestic consumption as the island aims to become a free trade port. Photo: VCG

2.6 trillion yuan ($374b)

Growth of GDP in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, in 2019, up around 7% year-on-year, stcn.com reported.

3% 

Estimated maximum level of Hong Kong's financial deficit in the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, media reports said, citing Financial Secretary for HK Paul Chan Mo-po. 

6.56m

Customer visits to duty-free shops in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province from January-November 2019, with an average daily figure of 20,000, up 23 percent year-on-year, the People's Daily reported.