RetailChina's duty-free champion looks to go abroad via HKEX
Bolstered by Hainan shopping boom, state-owned CTGDF seeks offshore M&A
China Tourism Group Duty Free is building what it describes as the world's largest duty-free store in Haikou, Hainan Province. © AP
KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent
HONG KONG -- China's policy of promoting its southern island province of Hainan as a destination for domestic shopping sprees has upended the traditional global order of duty-free retailers amid the COVID pandemic, thrusting the country's leading operator to the top.