Holiday spurs foreign shopping surge

More Chinese eager to enjoy Spring Festival with online purchases of foreign luxury items

Lin Li, 32, a white-collar worker from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, was shopping for Spring Festival at a cross-border e-commerce platform. Thanks to the rapid growth of e-commerce, Li didn't need to leave her home; she simply placed an order online with her mobile phone.

A gift box of Japanese cookies, dried cranberries from the United States, Ferrero Rocher chocolates and French red wine will be delivered to her hometown in Kunming, Yunnan province in the next few days.