Beijing's Markets & Stores
These are Beijing's major markets and stores.
You'll find this four-storey building with glasses and glasses accessories in the southeast of Beijing.
Bainaohui / Buynow Computer Shopping Mall is situated east of the Chaoyangmen metro station. It is a good place to find electronics.
HongQiao is situated close to the Temple of Heaven. It boasts three floors with pearls and jewellery, but also quite a lot of clothing, accessories, electronics, watches, art, toys, red lanterns...
When you're done with the shopping for the day you might want to visit this place. Sit down and rest your shopping legs at one of the many restaurants.
This market is located a couple of miles east of the Temple of Heaven. Lots of Chinese art, crafts and antiques are sold here.
The most talked-about market among tourists in Beijing, Silk Market, is located a little east of the Second Ring Road. Name brand and designer handbags and clothing are the bulk of what is sold here, but of course they also sell silk items, electronics, pearls and jewellery...
Sunny Gold Street is a market in the north-eastern part of Beijing. It offers a range of clothes, accessories, some jewellery, art, watches...
Tea Street's real name is Maliandao, and you'll find it in the southwestern parts of Beijing. All in all, there are hundreds of tea shops here, selling anything that has to do with tea.
In the middle of Beijing you will find the pedestrian street Wangfujing.
East of the metro station Chaoyangmen you will find Wonderful Electronic Shopping Mall. It sells electronics and software, but also tea and some other products.
Wudaokou Clothing Market lies in the Wudaokou university area. As the name suggests, it sells mostly clothes but there is also a small selection of jewellery, electronics...
The Xidan area is located a bit west of the Tiananmen Square. There are many markets and malls in this area, and the selection of clothes is enormous.
Yandai Xiejie is a short hutong street with a vast range of products like tea, silk products, clothes, jewellery and other souvenirs located in central Beijing next to the Houhai lake.
Sometimes called Yashow Clothing Market, is popular among tourists and located at Sanlitun, the popular bar street.
Zhongguancun, a.k.a. "China's Silicon Valley" is located in the northwestern Beijing. There you'll find anything having to do with computers, mp3-players and cameras.
