Flying to China for shopping” is popular “Buying Chinese products overseas” has become a new trend

“This time I want to buy clothes, shoes, jewelry… Chinese products are good quality and cheap!” When talking about “China Shopping”, Allen, an American who just returned from a trip to China during the “May Day” holiday, talked about everything.

Allen said that there were three sisters going with her this time, and Jenny was there “mainly for shopping, supplemented by tourism”. She came with empty suitcases and returned with full ones, and she was mainly doing purchasing on behalf of others.

“China Shopping”, fueled by “China Travel”, continues to heat up.According to the website of the China National Immigration Administration, during the May Day holiday, 380,000 foreigners entered China without a visa, a year-on-year increase of 72.7%. At the same time, the “China Shopping” trend fueled by “China Travel” continues to heat up.

Data released by the People’s Bank of China showed that during the entire May Day holiday, the number and amount of payment transactions processed by China UnionPay and China National Network Payment Corporation for people traveling from abroad to China increased by 244.86% and 128.04% respectively compared with the same period last year.

From Chinese people going abroad to shop online in the past to foreigners going to China to buy “Chinese goods” on behalf of others today, this new trend in the consumer market not only benefits from the high-quality supply of Chinese goods, but is also closely related to the constantly upgrading shopping environment.

From the perspective of product supply, silk, porcelain, Hanfu and other exquisite commodities full of “Chinese symbols” are constantly updated, making foreign tourists linger. China’s Alipay platform shows that Yiwu Small Commodity Market, Shenzhen Huaqiangbei, Guangzhou International Textile City and other places are attracting more and more foreigners. Chinese hot pot, Chinese milk candy and other delicacies are even more tempting for foreigners. On China’s “Little Red Book” and other social platforms, foreigners “eating broadcast” have a special liking for Chinese wontons, dumplings, xiaolongbao and other delicacies.

At the same time, the high-tech products made in China with good quality and low price have also attracted many foreign tourists. Take DJI gimbal cameras as an example. The retail price in China is 25% lower than that abroad. After enjoying the tax refund, you can save another 400 to 500 yuan, which makes many people say “it’s really good”.

From the perspective of the shopping environment, China’s various policies represented by “visa-free transit”, “mobile payment” and “buy now and return now” are constantly improving the shopping experience of foreign tourists.

Influenced by the changes in the international trade environment, the Chinese government launched a special support plan for “foreign trade to domestic sales” at the end of April. Goods that were originally exported to the European and American markets can be found at more favorable prices in China’s “Foreign Trade Premium Products” area. For example, at the Export Commodities Fair in the B2 Central Hall of Shanghai Global Harbor, a pair of shoes that cost hundreds of dollars in Europe and the United States can be bought for only one or two hundred yuan in the “Foreign Trade Premium Products” area. This has put the foreign tourists present into a crazy “shopping” mode.

An American tourist named Mike did the math: “A round-trip ticket to China costs $800, and I can make my money back as long as I spend $2,000!” He said that compared to bearing unreasonable tariffs in disguise, it would be more cost-effective to just take a taxi to China for shopping.

As China’s door of opening up opens wider and wider, the new demands and trends brought about by the new trend of purchasing “Chinese products” in China will drive domestic trendy products to strive for excellence in quality, design, and experience, drive “Made in China” to become better and stronger, and thus “feed back” the spiral rise of Chinese brands.

From Chinese people “shopping overseas” to “shopping Chinese products overseas”, we have witnessed the past and future of “Made in China”. We have reason to believe that a confident and open China will drive more and more “Made in China” products to become the first choice of global consumers.