Buying goods from abroad has its pros and cons

China's cross-border consumption broke 30 billion yuan ($4.91 billion) last year and is expected to reach 100 billion yuan this year, says Tao Guangquan, head of the international department of Secoo, a professional luxury goods service provider based in China.

"Luxury goods make up a large part of cross-border consumption, and many e-business giants, such as Tmall and eBay, have opened global purchase channels for Chinese customers," says Tao.

Chinese customers can buy foreign goods on these online channels at a favorable price.