Shopping in Harbin

As the capital city of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin is both a shopping center for the whole province and an ideal place for winter tourism. National Import & Export Commodities Fair is held regularly, which has enjoyed high reputation around the world. Central Street (local names: Zhongyang Lu or Zhongyang Dajie) and its branch streets are a business area of unique Harbin features.

Main Shopping Areas

1. Songlei International Mansion
It mainly deals in quality clothing, causal clothing, shoes, bedding cosmetics and jewelry, etc.
Transport: Take Bus Nos. 2, 101, 103.

2. The First Department Store of Harbin
A symbol of Harbin commerce, the First Department Store of Harbin is a comprehensive department store with various types and grades.
Transport: Take Bus Nos. 8, 28,101,103

3. Yuanda Shopping Center
It is a large shopping center combining shopping, catering, and entertainment with a business space of 40,000 sq m. there are six stories above ground and two stories underground. It boasts its state-of-the-art facilities and spacious shopping environments.
Transport: Take Bus No.101. 

Famous Streets

1. Central Street
Central Street was once part of the original town built by the Russians about 110 years ago. Here you can find some shops with Russian products, international restaurants, and two mega markets, Walmart and the French Carrefour. It is an easy shopping and dining area of the city.

2.  Sino-Russian Market
A large border market, it consists of five roads in the shape of Chinese character "井", With two indoor halls, the market covers an area of nearly 30,000 sq m. The half-closed part of the market has an area of 24,000 sq m, with stalls exceeding 2,500.

Recommended Commodities

Harbin boasts varied specialties such as Russian set dolls and birch bark jewelry box, while the unique Harbin food are Qiulin sausages, big sausages, and Dalieba bread. Fur and leather goods and local specialties are available at a lower price, such as fur clothing, fur hats, leather shoes, ginseng, and pilose antlers, etc. specialty food include hedgehog fungus, sturgeons, salmon, sanhua fish-white bream, mandarin fish, spotted steed, as well as dried sausages, red bean of North China, edible wild herbs on mountains.

Famous Stores in Harbin