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The top shopping areas in Beijing that a first time Beijing visitors must visit.

Beijing Popular Supermarkets

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Supermarkets are very popular in large cities. There are many big supermarkets in Beijing, most of which are chain stores. Famous chain supermarkets in Beijing include Carrefour, Wal-mart, Metro, Merry Mart, LotusCenter, Jingkelong, Tesco, etc.

Generally speaking, you can find everything you need in your daily life in one large supermarket. Goods in the supermarkets of Beijing are cheap at a reasonable price and quality is guaranteed. The shopping process in supermarkets is: customers simply choose what they want from the shelves and take their trolleys to the cashier. At the cashier, a display tells you how much you should pay. That’s a very convenient experience for you!

Here we listed the photos of most famous supermarkets in Beijing. It’s really a great fun to shopping in these places. You can find them almost in every main road of Beijing. What’s more, you will have the chance to experience the real life of Beijing local people.

Carrefour Photo 1

 

Carrefour Photo 2

 

Wal-mart Photo 1

 

Wal-mart Photo 2

 

Auchan Photo 1

 

Auchan Photo 2

 

Wu-Mart Photo 1

 

Wu-Mart Photo 2

 

Tesco

 

Jingkelong

 

Ito Yokado

 

BHG Market Place

 

 

Wangfujing Business Center

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As one of the most Beijing’s busiest commercial area, Wangfujing Business Street lies in Dongcheng District. Wangfujing came into being in the Yuan Dynasty more than 700 years ago and is said to have received its name in the Ming Dynasty more than 500 years ago.

A mere kilometer away from Tiananmen Square, the beautiful Wangfujing Walking Street houses Beijing Department Store, Sun Dong’an Market, the biggest arts and crafts shop in China, Xinhua Bookstore, Foreign Languages Bookstore, Lisheng Sports Shop, Medical Appliances Shop, and so on.

Wangfujing Business Center

 

Wangfujing Snack Street, located in hutongs just west of the main street, is densely packed with restaurants and street food stalls. The food stalls serves a wide variety of common and exotic street food.

Wangfujing Snack Street 1

 

Wangfujing Snack Street 2

 

Wangfujing Foreign Languages Bookstore is located on the floor above Dunkin’ Donuts. It is a must for anyone interested in books, since it houses Beijing’s largest selection of English-language materials on several floors.

Foreign Languages Bookstore

 

Built in 1955, Wangfujing Department Store is one of the landmarks in Beijing. It attracts a lot of world famous brands that it has been the place both popular among domestics and foreign tourists.

Beijing Department Store

 

Sun Dong’an Plaza is a commercial property developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties. It has a total area of 120,000 square meters. The building was built on the site of the old Dong’an Department Store and opened in 1998.

Dong'an Market