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Design and Reform of Hainan’s Offshore Duty-Free Policy

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Hainan’s offshore duty-free regime is a distinctive institutional innovation that advances the Hainan Free Trade Port. Through iterative adjustments since 2011, it has delivered early gains in tourism-led consumption while revealing bottlenecks in traveller-to-purchaser conversion and regulatory capacity. This commentary distils the policy’s unique features, diagnoses stage-specific frictions and proposes targeted supervision reforms – risk-based sectional control, enterprise credit governance and digital modernisation – to align openness with enforceability.

Source: World Customs Journal

DOI: 10.55596/001c.156092

Authors: Xueyan Xie, Qiang Wang, Qi Gao

Institution: Shanghai Customs College

Language: English

Topic: Economic Zones and Regional Development

Subfield: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7147094917