Customers select pet supplies at a duty-free shopping mall in Haikou, South China's Hainan Province on December 2, 2025. In the first month since the implementation of the expanded offshore duty-free policy, duty-free sales in Haikou amounted to 2.38 billion yuan ($337 million), a year-on-year increase of 27.1 percent, with 1.905 million items purchased, data released by Haikou Customs showed. Photo: VCG