Silk Street was established in 1980, started just dished several shops, embassies and diplomatic scattered apartments in the middle of a piece, not many residents in the vicinity of the consumer market is not good. Who would have thought, a decade later, it has been competing for overseas visitors to observe the shopping “civil Trade Center.” Even economists call a “cut with scissors out of reform and opening up of the 21st Century Riverside.” “Climbing the Great Wall, Forbidden City tours, eating roast duck, visiting the Silk”, the Beijing Silk Street, with the Great Wall, Forbidden City, duck these “Beijing symbol” together, and now many domestic and overseas tourists to Beijing, a tourist landmark.

Silk Street Market is located in the Chang’an Avenue extension cord, close to CBD shopping district of international, distinguished geographical location, convenient traffic, is the Great Wall, the Forbidden City of China’s most famous relative influence in the world of international tourism market. The gold standard gone the old Silk.

“Silk Street” As early as the free market and the most famous commercial brands, with nearly three decades, and China’s reform and opening-concomitant. The old Silk has a serious problem because of fake goods, hardware, poor facilities, there are significant fire safety risks and can feel the history of the stage. Until March 19, 2005, the new Silk Street market to debut new look, lifting of the “Silk Street” the most glorious chapter of history. Since opening, Silk Street of “international quality, is the price” the service concept, won the national guests close friends. Among them, the most national characteristics of goods, such as: fine clothing, silk, pearls, porcelain, tea, handicrafts, and including Chinese food, including Roasted Duck, welcomed by consumers around the world. Two years, hundreds of politicians around the world and his wife and numerous international sports stars frequent the Silk Street, Silk Street, demonstrates China’s first foreign market as a unique position.

Founded in 1980, the Silk Street market, at first just dished several shops, embassies and diplomatic scattered apartments in the middle of a piece, not many residents in the vicinity of the consumer market is not good. Who would have thought, a decade later, it has been competing for overseas visitors to observe the shopping “civil Trade Center.” Even economists call a “cut with scissors out of reform and opening up of the 21st Century Riverside.” “Trendy styles of goods, the unique geographical location,” bargaining “mode of operation, a variety of” dialects “of the exchange. Anyway, Silk has been laid an irreplaceable position, it is the brand, fashion, the convergence of diverse cultures.” In Silk “boutique corridor” runs a clothing shop in Sun brand owner of the Silk Market is proud of the “success”, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, she has been in business for 13 years in Silk, through the 2005’s “old and new Silk “alternative. January 6, 2005, the old “Silk Market” closed dressing; March 19, the new “Silk Street” opened, bid farewell to the old “Silk Market” business environment wind and sun, in the building in the continuation of the “Silk” myth. The new “Silk Street” is actually a department store, building area of ​​28,000 square meters, with 1,500 booths, shelter for tenants.

Gestures stall in English, deft playing the calculator, and foreign merchants to bargain with, although not the open-air stalls in the busy street. Many foreign dignitaries with his wife, came here to see the “Silk” style. “In fact, the ‘New Silk’ to keep the old market shopping ‘street’ in the form of characteristics of commodities increased, the length of time shopping. The famous ‘Silk Street’ also retain good way to go.” Silk Merchant Lao Qin said. Less than 5 square meters of small arts and crafts stalls, decent income every day. In the past, to a high degree of simulation of Silk “brand name” to attract overseas tourists.

Today’s Silk, is changing. “Silk Culture, Fashion Silk, Silk brand, innovation Silk” is the new “Silk Street” is to create the image. In the new “Silk Street”, you can buy “boutique corridor” in the authentic clothing; also scouring the fashionable merchandise trade orders. In addition, the new “Silk Street” is already the most densely old Chinese market: Quanjude, Switzerland beetle Xiang, Tong Ren Tang, Qian Xiang Yi, inline-liter, Shengxi Fu, both in this place, from the brand garments, handicrafts, Pearl silk, antiques and other specialty products in China, to Beijing roast duck restaurant, Western-style cafes and fast food restaurants and convenience supermarkets, readily available, this is Beijing’s “Silk Street.”