定了！长沙将设立市内免税店

Outbound travelers will be able to explore downtown duty-free shopping in more Chinese cities and more easily access consumer goods of fashionable Chinese brands, an official statement said on Tuesday.

周二，中国官方印发一份新通知称，将有更多中国城市为出境旅客提供市内免税购物服务，旅客能更便捷地购买到中国潮牌商品。

A duty-free store will be opened in each of the eight cities, namely Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an, Changsha and Fuzhou, as required by a recently released interim measures for the administration of duty-free shops in cities.

通知还称，将按照最新发布的《市内免税店管理暂行办法》（以下简称《办法》），在广州、成都、深圳、天津、武汉、西安、长沙和福州等8个城市，各设立1家市内免税店。

The rules will apply to six existing duty-free shops in Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Dalian, Xiamen and Sanya immediately after being put to effect on Oct. 1, said the statement jointly made by the Ministries of finance, commerce, culture and tourism, the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration of Taxation.

此外，现有北京、上海、青岛、大连、厦门、三亚等6家市内免税店，也将自今年10月1日起适用该《办法》。据悉，这份通知由财政部、商务部、文化和旅游部、海关总署及税务总局联合发布。

Another 13 foreign exchange goods duty-free shops shall be transformed into downtown duty-free shops within 3 months from the commencement of the new rules, and shall begin to operate only after passing the customs inspection.

而现有的北京、上海、哈尔滨等13家外汇商品免税店，则自《通知》施行之日起3个月内转型为市内免税店，经海关验收合格后开始营业。

The rules stipulated that duty-free shops in cities are for travelers, including but not limited to the Chinese nationals, who will be departing the country by air or international cruise within 60 days.

《办法》还明确，市内免税店的销售对象为即将于60日内搭乘航空运输工具或国际邮轮出境的旅客（包括但不限于中国籍旅客）。

Travelers can make purchases in advance at these stores and pick up their goods at the ports of departure.

旅客可在市内免税店提前购买商品，并在离境口岸进行提货。

Such downtown duty-free shops will mainly sell consumer goods that are easy to carry, and "fashionable goods" of domestic brands that bear a strong traditional Chinese culture are particularly encouraged to be sold, said the statement.

该通知还指出，市内免税店主要销售便于携带的消费品，并鼓励市内免税店销售带有中华优秀传统文化的国货“潮品”。