Guangzhou’s First Downtown Duty-Free Store Open! Locals and Foreign Tourists Rush to Shop

City Life | "I saved over 200 yuan on cosmetics, liquor, and China-Chic souvenirs—all for just 1,400 yuan!" Auntie Chen from Guangzhou, who will soon depart for Bangkok, made a special trip to shop here today. She shared that buying culturally distinctive products at the duty-free store to bring abroad feels like "spreading Lingnan culture worldwide."

The grand opening of Guangzhou’s first downtown duty-free store on August 26 marks far more than a retail upgrade. As the launch of a new business format, it represents a strategic move in Guangzhou’s push to become an international consumption hub, driving the dual missions of repatriating overseas spending and promoting China-Chic products globally.#citylife

“我买了化妆品、酒和国潮手信，1400多块钱省了200多！”来自广州的陈阿姨几天后将乘飞机出境前往曼谷，今天特地过来采购。她说，能够在免税店买国潮特色产品带到国外去，就好像把岭南文化带向了世界。8月26日，广州首家市内免税店开业。首店开业，这不仅是单个商业体的升级，新业态首发，更是广州打造国际消费中心城市的关键布局，承载着推动海外消费回流和国潮出海的使命。

翻译：邓芷炜（实习）

审校：罗洁

终审：王予湉