Wang Fu Jing Street

Wang Fu Jing Street

Wangfujing is a 700-year-old commercial street. It has maintained its position as the number one choice for shoppers since the mid-1980s. The Wangfujing Department Store has long been acknowledged as the largest, most fashionable, and best known shopping center in Beijing.

The new Wangfujing shopping district aims to achieve equal ranking with New York’s Fifth Avenue, the Champs-Elysees of Paris and the Ginza in Tokyo. It consists of two stories, housing a wide variety of shops and boutiques. The street is embellished with squares, lawns, flower beds, fountains, ornamental columns, sculptures and benches. This pleasant environment has made shopping an exercise in fashionable leisure. Numerous sightseers are to be seen snapping scenes of the street, the most popular sites for souvenir photos being the street-side sculptures reflecting life in old Beijing, and the newly refurbished Catholic church, built in 1905. The thrilling “rocket bungee“ experience in front of the Lisheng Sports Goods Shop has attracted many young adventurers and interested on-lookers.

Meanwhile, the street preserves a tinge of nostalgia. The age-old shops synonymous with Wangfujing still exist on either side of the street.