In the bustling Dashilar area, a renowned tourist destination in downtown Beijing, Melvyn, a young man from Brussels, stepped into the Tong Ren Tang pharmacy, a time-honored brand with over 350 years of history.
Five international guests visited Lao Feng Xiang's flagship store at Yuyuan Garden Malls to experience its gold- and silver-filigree, a national intangible cultural heritage item.
Guided by master artisans, they engraved personal stories onto custom silver ornaments before gathering at the historic Huxinting Teahouse.
In the first half of 2026, tax-refund purchases by overseas visitors in China surged by 366 percent year-on-year. For more and more foreign tourists, buying homegrown Chinese brands has become an essential part of their trips.
Unitree Robotics has just opened its first directly operated offline retail store in China on the first floor of Yintai In88 in Wangfujing, injecting fresh vitality into this century-old commercial street with immersive technology experiences.
Benefiting from policies such as visa-free transit and departure tax refund, "Shopping in China" has become a new choice for many overseas tourists. Luo Yao, store manager of DJI in Beijing APM, said that the "tax refund upon purchase" and other tax refund policies have significantly boosted the store's sales.
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