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Aerial view of Qinglan Port, one of Hainan’s eight “first-line” customs ports and ten “second-line” customs ports, in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province, December 17, 2025. (Photo: Pu Xiaoxu)
A month after launching island-wide special customs operations, southern China’s Hainan Free Trade Port has achieved its first results in trade and logistics efficiency.
Last December 18, China launched special island-wide customs operations at the Hainan Free Trade Port, allowing freer entry of foreign goods, expanding zero tariff coverage and introducing more business-friendly measures.
A notable example of a special customs policy is providing “freer first-line access”, referring to freer trade between Hainan and areas outside China’s customs borders, and “regulated second-line access”, which involves the application of standard customs controls for goods transiting from Hainan to the Chinese mainland.
According to Haikou Customs, from December 18, 2025 to January 17, 2026, the value of goods imported duty-free “on the front line” was 750 million yuan (about $107 million); the value of processed and value-added goods sold domestically through the “second line” was approximately 85.9 million yuan.
