18,000 shoppers per day visite tax-free shop in Sanya, China's Hainan

Photo taken on May 1, 2011 shows the tax-free shop in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. The offshore tax-free scheme for mainland shoppers was formally launched across Hainan on Sunday. The average volume of shoppers who visited the tax-free shop in Sanya reached 18,000 per day since the trial of the scheme on April 20. (Xinhua/Hou Jiansen)