Xinjiekou
As the central landmark of the city, the downtown area of Xinjiekou is both the transport and business center of the city. Hotels including the Jinling Hotel, a metro station, public buses and other tourist facilities provide tourists with convenient accommodation and access to every corner of the city. Department stores, brand-name stores and large shopping centers in this area sell local and world-famous brands.

Fuzimiao Market
The busy street of Nanjing Fu Zi Miao is a must visit for most tourists. There are many shops selling all kinds of things including rain flower pebbles, rain flower tea, hanging ornaments, and Nanjing salted duck. Although a wholesale market, individual customers coming to buy a T-shirt will not be refused entry.
Address: No. 28, Da shi ba Jie

Hunan Lu
Located right inside the Xuanwu Gate of the city's ancient wall in the northern part of the city, this street ranks as the second most popular street in Nanjing after Xinjiekou. This beautifully decorated street has hundreds of clothes shops, department stores and restaurants with the famous Shiziqiao Food Street in the middle. It is a good place for both shopping and taking guests out for dinner.

Golden Eagle Art Center
Located at No.89 Hanzhong Road, 11th floor, it has a large collection of traditional Chinese ink paintings, calligraphy, and modern oil paintings.

Flower and Bird Market
Chinese people have always loved pet birds, and especially nowadays, since they bring a bit of nature into the apartment complexes of modern China. Bird lovers often take their birds out to give them fresh air, hanging their cages from tree branches along parks and tree-lined boulevards, while they sit, chat, read newspapers, or admire the other pet birds out for the day. The best way to see this scene of Chinese life is to visit the local bird and flower market, an informal outdoor market where the vendors sell birds, feed, cages, and other sundry bird items, and mix and chat with the local bird lovers. It is also a great place to buy potted or cut flowers. Many local people often stroll through the bird and flower market, to enjoy the twitter of the many birds and the sight of clumps of fresh flowers. Nanjing's bird and flower market is a good one to visit, which is located close to the downtown. An old canal winds through the market; its water is thick with huge lotus leaves.

Chaotian Gong
The Antique Market at Chaotian Gong in central Nanjing is a great place to poke around and maybe stumble across some odd treasures. Although many vendors come to the market every day, the market is busiest on Saturday mornings when many private collectors, dealers, and vendors come from the towns around Nanjing and even from neighboring provinces to display their goods. The market is built in the forecourt of a Ming Dynasty Confucius temple - the carved entrance gate, red painted walls and ancient flagstones make a fitting setting for this fascinating market. While you might stumble on any sort of curiosity at the market, especially on Saturdays, some types of antiques are more common. Small carved jades, old woodcarvings, and porcelain are easy to be found, mixed among all sorts of other oddities and curios, ranging from old military medals to bronze incense burners to jade pipes. Of course, some of the items are fakes of varying degrees of quality, but it is still a fun place to explore. The Chaotian Gong Temple itself is well worth visiting. With a large complex of imperial buildings, it was constructed as a school where the children of local notables would learn the court rituals and Confucian ethics. While the historic buildings alone are interesting, today they house the Nanjing City Museum, with a collection of historic artifacts and exhibits explaining Nanjing's rich and many-layered history.

Nanjing Brocade Research Institute  
Located at No.240 East Chating Road, (open 8:30am-4:30pm) it sells cloud dragon brocade once reserved exclusively for use by emperors. Prices are high but this is the real deal.

Zhujiang Lu Sci-Tech Street
This street is dotted with stores and shops selling all sorts of electronic products including MP3s, pocket appliances, video records, computer peripherals, speakers and so on. Also known as Zhujiang Lu Sci-tech Street, it is said to be the largest of its kind in Eastern China.

Taiping Nanlu
The avenue is a home to famous brand shops selling a variety of items from gold and jade ornaments to home appliances.

Shopping Places in Suzhou

Guanqian Street
Guanqian Street has long been recognized as the commercial center of Suzhou. It is also a gathering place for native people at night and on the weekends. Since the Qing Dynasty, all sorts of shops with different brands and dozens of department stores have gathered here.

Shiquan Street
Shiquan Street is located in hotel area in the ancient downtown of Suzhou. The famous Nanlin Restaurant, Suzhou Restaurant, Nanlin Hotel as well as the classical garden of The Master-of-Nets Garden are located on this street. It has many examples of Ming- and Qing-Dynasty-style architecture. Shiquan Street is well known for its crafts like Suzhou Embroidery, Chinaware antique, calligraphy and painting, silk, inscriptions, jade, rosewood articles, etc. Modern industrial products, curios and art crafts are also available.

Shilu (Stone Road) Pedestrian-zed Shopping Street
Shilu is located in the Jinchang District. It is said the street was very prosperous in ancient times. Reconstructed in 2003, it has become one of the best shopping areas in Jiangsu. Xinfeng Lane here is restored and has become a special street with cafes and pubs. People can relax here after shopping. The opening of the Shilu Pedestrian-zed Shopping Street has stimulated its popularity with night markets in the Shilu commercial area.

Taoist Temple Street
It is the busiest shopping mall located in the city center. The well-known Temple of Mystery on this street is a national monument.

Suzhou Renming Department Store
It is the largest department store in Suzhou, with a history of 63 years. A new building was erected in 1996, with a serving area of over 15,000 square meters. The building, which incorporates a dining hall and entertainment area is nicely decorated and sells products for the middle and high class. This store continuously adjusts its operating systems and has a strategy of merchandising famous brands. It has gained several national honors including the National Commercial Enterprise of Credit and Good-quality Shop.
Address: No.22, Little Park, Northern Block, Suzhou, China.

Suzhou Shopping Center
It is a large state-owned retail enterprise under the umbrella of Suzhou Wujiao Group. Nearly 120,000 kinds of commodities in over 30 categories are sold here. The center aims at the middle and high classes of consumers and strategically offers excellent service to attract the market.

Embroidery Research Institute
Suzhou embroidery is one of the most four famous embroidery schools in China. Kittens and goldfish are common motifs. With 48 embroidery colors, the institute turns out unique needlework, of which double-faced embroidery is the most outstanding.

Suzhou No. 1 Silk Spinning Mill
It specializes in producing raw silk with domestic silkworm cocoons as its raw material. Western visitors often enjoy observing the processes of sorting, boiling cocoons, spinning, rewinding, and packing.

Handicraft Trade Center
It sells embroidery, Chinese musical instruments, Chinese brushes, ink and ink-stones, silk and silk garments, herbal medicines, carpets, and other various handicraft articles.

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