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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, December 9 (Xinhua) — The number of overseas tourists who received value-added tax (VAT) refunds upon exiting China increased by 285 percent in the first 11 months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to data released Monday by the General Administration of Taxation (GATT).
During this time, the volume of sales of goods subject to VAT refunds and the total amount of VAT refunds increased by 98.8 percent year-on-year, the data show.
Since April this year, China has introduced a number of measures to optimize the VAT refund system for purchases by foreign tourists.
As part of the new measures, instant tax refund points have been established in major shopping districts in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. Shanghai and Hangzhou have also introduced online VAT refunds, making the process more efficient.
The ongoing optimization of tax refund services has better met the tax refund needs of foreign tourists and further increased their interest in traveling to China.
According to the State Tax Administration of China, as of the end of November, there were 12,252 exit tax refund shops nationwide, with more than 7,000 of them offering immediate tax refund services upon purchase.
China began implementing the exit tax refund policy for foreign tourists in 2015. Since then, the size of the VAT refund on purchases for foreign tourists leaving China has continued to increase annually, benefiting even more overseas travelers. -0-
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