Shenzhen Shopping
As one of the first cities to open its doors to the West in 1979, and with the added advantage of being right next to Hong Kong, Shenzhen has some great department stores.
North Huaqiang Area (Hua Qiang Bei) is the most prosperous shopping area in Shenzhen. It holds dozens of market places for electronic products, home appliances, timepieces, clothing and jewelry. Luohu Commercial City, as the closest shopping area to Hong Kong, usually crowded on weekends.The five-story building houses many stores selling clothes, jewelry, fashion accessories and traditional craftworks. MixC Shopping Mall is the city's largest shopping mall and one of the most luxurious, selling clothes, cosmetics and fashion accessories. The commodity prosperity fully shows the economic strength of the Shenzhen.
Top Shopping Places in Shenzhen
Dongmen Old Street
It will be a great pity if you don't come to Dongmen Old Street when you visit Shenzhen. Dongmen Commercial Street has become a new-type pedestrian street of shopping, sightseeing and entertaining. Along this street, there are big department stores and various types of franchised stores. You can find Dongmen branch, Qingchun branch and Heping branch of Maoya Emporium in this commercial area. You can also find Dongmen branch of Tianhong Emporium and Taiyang Department Store here. Besides, there are Boya Bookstore, MongKok Shopping Center, Tianlong Plaza, Zhonghai Plaza and Yuegang Commercial Center.
Huaqiangbei
Huaqiangbei is the assembly place of electronic products. It is also a place of general merchandise, clothing, jewelry, repast, restaurants, storage and finance. You can find a lot of shopping malls here like Causeway Bay Department Store, Redbud Plaza, Qunxing Plaza, Manhattan Commercial Plaza, Children's World, Xindahao Plaza, Women's World, Oriental Fashion, Liren World, Tianhong Department Store and Tax-free Department Store.
Huaqiaocheng
Around this area, there is Causeway Bay Plaza with Causeway Bay Department Store, Wal-mart Supermarket and Yijianong Furniture Store in the plaza. In the surroundings, there scatters featured snacks streets, acoustics equipment supermarkets, hairdressing saloons, dry cleaners, gymnasiums, saloons, western style restaurants, bookshops, tea houses, drugstores, children's funfairs and securities agencies.
Nanshan
Haiya Department Store, Youyicheng Department Store, Nanshan branch of Chuangjing Shop, Nanshan branch of Children's World, Haobainian Furniture Store, Holiday Plaza Commercial Street, Wangjia Department Store and Nanshan Bookstore are all the attractions in Nanshan Commercial Area.
South Renmin Road
This is the area full of restaurants in such a high density. There are famous shopping malls around such as Xiwu Department Store, Youyicheng Department Store, Tian'an International Department Store, Shenfang Department Store and Luohu Commercial City. Additionally, there are cinemas, song ballrooms, Karaoke bars and discotheques.
Shekou Commercial Area
The Shekou Commercial Area circles around Wal-mart and Jimeitang Furniture Store. In this area, there are Baijia Supermarket and Nanshan branch of Xinyijia Supermarket. Along Xuefu Street, there are supermarkets like Carrefour, Renrenle, Manha and Wal-mart.
Shennanzhong
Around Shennanzhong, there are Zhongxin City Plaze, Suibao Department Store, International Department Store, Andes Shopping Mall for Children, Qianse Multiple Shop and various styles of shops. It is now the highest-grade shopping center of Shenzhen.