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Shenzhen sits on an exceptional position compared to most of other cities in China, with its wide selections of brand name merchandise, either domestic made or imported.

There are four main commercial districts within Shenzhen city. The area around the railway station is particularly good for clothes. The district between Shanghai Hotel and SEG Electronics Co. mainly sells electric appliances, which are a particularly good bargain here. If it is smaller commodities that you are looking for, try the streets around Dong Men and Old District.

Famous-brand products from clothes to cosmetics are available in the flashy department stores such as Xiwu Department Store and the International Commercial Market along the roads between Shenzhen Grand Theater and Renmin (People's) Bridge. Zhongying Street (Boundary Street) in the Shatoujiao District is another good place to purchase quality products. There are a few overseas stores in the downtown area, such as Carrefour, Makro and Trust Mart. Wal Mart, the American supermarket chain, also has a branch in downtown.

Dongjie is a famous pedestrian shopping precinct in Shenzhen, where the areca trees and tasteful wooden benches in the central square add to it an exotic touch. Here one may experience supreme ease of shopping for the broadest diversity of goods at the lowest price.

International Trade Tower, together with Friendship City form a major shopping center where many well known merchants operate, such as International Trade Department Store, Duty Free Shop, Oriental New World, Tianhong Store, Xiangyun Department Store. These stores carry relative expensive premium goods.

In Old Downtown area, small shops stand closely next to each other. Bargaining is accepted here. The area that is close to Shanghai Hotel on Central Shennan Road, Futian District, is another stop for shoppers. Discount stores, specialized markets such as Electronics City, SEG are ideal places to buy home appliances, communication equipment and customized computers. Woman's World, draws many female shoppers. Of course, nobody would forget Zhongying Street that separates Hong Kong and Shenzhen, where people can experience the pleasure of looking for duty free bargains under two different systems.

Nanao Seafood Street Nanao Town, located at Longgang District, has a seafood street best known for dried aquatic products. Businesses are running well here. Every weekend, especially before Spring Festival, crowded shoppers make the town full of the holiday atmosphere. There are a wide variety of the products, some are local-produced, some others are imported from foreign countries. Prices can run up to thousand yuan per pound.

Dried sea products are high in nutrition value, and are easy to carry and preserve. Also because the pronunciation of 'fish' sounds same as that of 'Rich' in Chinese, it is quite common for Chinese people to send each other with seafood as holiday gifts.

Shopping Streets

North Huaqiang Shopping StreetNorth Huaqiang Shopping Street

It gathers 47 plazas, over 3,400 stores and over 20 large specialized markets, which sell electronics and telecommunications equipment, clothes, household electrical appliances. Here you can find the largest markets in the city selling electronic accessories. Household electrical appliances, clocks and watches.

The Wanshang, Wanjia, Shundian and Xindahao commercial and cultural squares are linked with each other, displaying the commercial and cultural flavor of a modem city.

Dongmen Pedestrian Shopping Street

Known as the Dongmen Old Street, it was formed in the Kangxi reign period of the Qing Dynasty. In the past 100 years, it has been the busiest Street in Shenzhen. As a traditional shopping area, Dongmen is a banner of Shenzhen commerce, with an area of 130,000 sq m. Its business area comes to 400,000 sq m. Over 300 shops in various sizes stand on the Street like a forest, selling articles of everyday use, various kinds of domestic and foreign famous-brand clothes, leather products, antiques, calligraphy, paintings, cultural relics, pottery and porcelain, the four treasures for the study, and rare handicrafts.

Shenfang Department Store

International Plaza

Tianhong Shopping Center

World Trade Tower Shopping Center

World Trade Center Plaza

Affiliate Bldg. 1, World Trade Tower

Wanjia General Merchandise Square

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Huaqingbei commercial Street

It is a new-developing commercial zone, along the street stand many famous shops including Vanguard Supermarket, Sundan Domestic Appliance Centre, Women's World, Men's world, Children's World etc. In addition, many specialized markets including SEG Electronic Supporting Market, Huqaiang Electronic World, Wanshang Computer Center, Communications Market, International Electronic Center etc. are also settled down here. It is one of the major traveling and shopping places in Shenzhen.

Address: Huqnqing Road N. Futian District

By buses 9, 212, 219, 216, 225, 228 or minibuses 404, 407, 410, 411, 414, 415, 418, 420, 433, 441, 446, 448, 455, 466

Dajiangnan Shopping Center

Cosmetics, Household electric appliances, non-staple food, sports and entertainment products, bed-clothes, watches and clocks

Telephone: 86-0755-2233666

Address: Central Dongmen Road, Shenzhen

Guomao Department Store

Ladies' and men's wear of famous brand, shoes, caps, suitcases, gold, silver, jewelry, ornaments, arts and crafts for tourists

Telephone: 86-0755-2221273

Address: 1st to 3rd Floor, Guomao Mansion, South Renmin Road, Shenzhen

Suibao Department Store

Daily use articles, cosmetics, ladies’ and men’s wear, bedclothes, household electric appliances, gold and silver ornaments, stamps and lanterns, arts and crafts, watches and clocks, leather products

Telephone: 86-0755-2274888

Address: No.30 Dongyuan Road, Shenzhen

Carrefour Shopping Center

Household electric appliances, cosmetics, watches and clocks, non-staple food, leather products, ladies’ and men’s wear, daily-use articles, vegetables

Telephone: 86-0755-6567247

Address: The 5th Building, Tongjian Building, Changxing Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

Shenzhen International Shopping Center

Household electric appliances, daily-use articles, textile products, Chinese and western fashion, tourist commodities, electronic products, watches and clocks, stationary, gold and silver ornaments, leather products, furniture, lamps and lanterns, porcelain, cosmetics, medicines, non-staple food, cigarette, wine

Telephone: 86-0755-2129378

Address: Guoqi Mansion, Shangbu Road, Shenzhen

Aokangde Candy, Cigar, and Wine Shopping Center

Candy, cigarette, wine, non staple food

Telephone: 86-755-2283299

Address: No.15, Shaibu Road, Shenzhen

Friendship City Department Store

Ladies' and men's wear, cosmetics, jewelry, Household electric appliances, shoes, suitcases, children's products, stationary, sports and entertainment products

Telephone: 86-0755-2252966

Address: Friendship City, Youyi Road, Shenzhen

Rainbow Department Store

Telephone: 86-755-83355930

Address: Airline industrial & Trade Building, Shennan Road C.
Buses 3, 4, 101, 113, 202, 203, 204, 215

Sundan Household Appliance Supermarket

Telephone: 86-755-83236666

Address: Building 103, Shangbu Industrial Area, Huaqiang Road N. Futian District
Buses 12, 209, 212, 216, 302

Shenzhen International Arcade

Telephone: 86-755-82281888

Address: 23/F, Development Center Building, Renmin Road S. Luohu District
Buses l, 2, 7, 12, 102, 205 or minibus 402, 418, 426, 461, 465, 469, 478, 529

Shenzhen Wal-mart Supercenter

Telephone: 86-755-25607060-150

Address: 1-3/F, Hujing Garden, Honghu Road, Luohu District
Buses 1, 5, 11, 13, 102, 111, 202, 213 or minibus 401, 406, 409, 475

Telephone: 86-755-83689677

Address: 1-4/F, Grand Skylight, Shennan Road C. Futian District
Buses 204, 223, 113, 202, 203, 101, 103

Shirble Department Store

Telephone: 86-755-82061008

Address: 30 Hongling Road, Luohu District
Buses 14, 23, 24, 29, 302, 202

Vanguard Supermarket

Telephone: 86-755-83695666

Address: 1-3/F, Fujing Building, Fujing Road, Futian District
Buses 105, 209, 219