Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at a gathering celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of Hainan Province and the Hainan Special Economic Zone in south China's Hainan Province, April 13, 2018. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
HAIKOU, April 13 (Xinhua) -- China plans to make the offshore duty-free shopping policy in Hainan to cover all outbound tourists, President Xi Jinping said Friday.
This is part of new reform and opening-up measures announced by Xi for Hainan at a gathering here to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of Hainan Province and the Hainan Special Economic Zone.
The State Council, China's cabinet, gave Hainan permission to run a pilot duty-free program in April 2011 in an effort to make the island a world-class tourist destination.
Currently Hainan has two duty-free shops, with one in the provincial capital of Haikou and the other in the resort city of Sanya on the southern tip of Hainan Island.
