Dalian Shopping

Dalian is a thriving modern city with high shopping standards. Dalian is also a fashion Mecca; the craze for the newest and most trendy styles culminates with the annual International Fashion Festival. Besides the impressive array of Versace and Gucci, the festival also celebrates traditional Chinese clothing, which includes qipaos and some nice, silk clothes.

There are four main shopping areas in the city: Qingniwan area, Tianjin Walking Street, and Xi'an Lu. For antiques or gifts, handicrafts, glassware, embroidery work, and shell carving can all be found on Tianjin Street, just off Youhao Square. For specialty shoppers in Dalian, the area also possesses some interesting trilobite fossils that can be bought on the way to the Jinshitan Scenic Area.

Tianjinjie Cultural Relics Shop
Address: No. 229 Tianjin Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Shell Mosaics Factory Handicraft Store
Address: No. 65 Bulao Street, Shahekou District, Dalian

Calligraphy and Painting Studio
Address: No. 7 Zhongshan Road, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Shengdao Glassware Factory
Address: No. 2 Xinan Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian

Qingniwan

Like Beijing's Wangfujing and Shanghai's Nanjing Lu, Qingniwan area is a commercial landmark of the city and a popular tourist destination. It is a center for commodity fairs, tourist shopping, and city trade activities. It occupies an area of 120,000 square meters and features 150 retail shops, many famous brand clothes boutiques, and other exquisite goods shops. With an excellent location in front the Dalian Railway Station, this group of large shops and malls is the busiest shopping area in Dalian. Qiulin Women's Shop and Dalian Shopping Center are two prominent and renowned stores located here.

Address: In Front of the Railway Station in the Downtown Area, Dalian

Tianjin Walking Street

One of the busiest pedestrian-only streets in Dalian as well as the city's oldest shopping street, Tianjin Walking Street is more than 1,000 meters long. It boasts many famous old shops and newly-built, large, modern trade enterprises. In recent years, the government turned it into an extravagant European style shopping area with all sorts of well known brands housed in a myriad of skyscrapers. Also, there are some cinemas, clubs, and 560 trade network centers along the street, including the Friendship Shopping City.

Address: North of Zhongshan Square and East to Shengli (Victory) Square, Dalian3
You can take Tourist Bus 801 (B) and 901 from the railway station

Xi'an Lu

This is a popular choice for locals with many supermarkets including Carrefour, Parkson, Wal-Mart, and other domestic retail outlets.

Address: In the Western Part of the City Dalian

Sports Facilities Market

The Sports Facilities Market is a specialized market that produces and sells sporting goods and other sporting products. With eight branches and one factory, it is China's fourth largest sport shop. It sells mainly famous sporting gear, shoes, caps, fitness equipment, water sports facilities, and fishing articles, in more than 8,000 brands.

Address: No. 60 Jianhua Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian

There are many shopping places in Dalian. Listed below are only a few of the more famous shopping stores to be found in the city of Dalian.

Tianbai Department Store

The Tianbai Department Store, located on Tianjin Street in Zhongshan District, provides both wholesale and retail items. With a long history and an enterprise of Dalian Tianbai Group Company Limited, it sells good merchandise, food, local and special products. The store was expanded in 1981 and a fly-over connects two buildings on both sides of the street together. Today, it has a business floor space of 15,000 square meters and carries more than 80,000 kinds of commodities.

Address: No. 60 Tianjin Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian

New Friendship Store

On Renmin Road, the New Friendship Store is a shopping store which is very accessible to foreign tourists. Selling high-quality, well-known brands and special products, this shop is integrated with the five-star Furama Hotel. In the basement, it sells fashion clothes from home and abroad, women's accessories, shoes, hats, woolen products, and Goldlion exquisite articles for men. The food supermarket sells various food and daily-use articles, sanitary goods, and kitchen utensils.

Address: No. 62 Renmin Road, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Maikaile Dalian Mall

This is a component part of the Dalian International Trade Mansion jointly run by Dalian Mall of Dalian Trade Group and Maikaile Company of Japan. It has a business floor space of 50,000 square meters selling food, fabrics, clothing, daily use articles, sports and recreational facilities, and a theater jointly run with a Japanese enterprise.

Address: No. 57 Qingni Street., Zhongshan District, Dalian

Dalian Mall

The Dalian Mall is a retail enterprise which was built in 1937 and received its present name in 1981. Today, it is a large mall for shopping, relaxation, visits, sightseeing, gatherings, and recreational activities.

Address: No. 1 Qingsan Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Tianlun Trade Mansion

At the west entrance oo the pedestrian Tianjin Walking Street in the downtown area of Dalian is the Tianlun Trade Mansion. The mansion has a floor space of 10,000 square meters along with excellent decoration in an elegant environment. It promotes a series of services such as annual checks for household electrical appliances, jewelry maintenance, decorating advice, and so on. It opened the first retail network in the city and has earned great support from customers.

Address: No. 299 Tianjin Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Zhongxing Dalian Trade Mansion

The Zhongxing Dalian Trade Mansion, also called Dalian Hualian Trade Mansion, is a modern commercial enterprise combining shopping with recreational activities and catering. It has nine markets selling over 70,000 kinds of commodities including household necessities, general merchandise, shoes, hats, stationery, clocks, wristwatches, and goods for children.

Address: 42 Youhao Steet, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Friendship Commercial City

The Friendship Commercial City is a modern trade building composed of shopping, catering, recreational facilities, and offices. Its shopping mall has a business floor space of 15,000 square meters. Two floors underground and six floors above sell 100,000 kinds of commodities including household electrical appliances, household necessities, food, imported general merchandise, clothes for ladies and gentlemen, leather shoes and other leather products, sporting goods, and handicrafts.

Address: No. 8 Rennin Road, Zhongshan District, at the intersection with Zhongshan Square, Dalian

Shengli (Victory) Square Shopping Center

The Victory Square Shopping Center is a shopping center that was established by Mr. Cai Chennan, a famous businessman from Taiwan. It has two European-style six story buildings, a three story basement and eight shopping streets with a total floor space of 147,000 square meters. It includes Shengli Fashion General Merchandise Hall, restaurants providing dishes of different flavors, supermarkets, underground famous commodity streets, electrical amusement ground, KTV rooms and a cinema.

Address: No. 28 Shengli (Victory) Square, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Qiulin Woman's Shop

The Qinlin Woman's Shop sells fashionable clothing items, home appliances, and other commodities. This seven story building offers a selection of women's merchandise, including jewelry, cosmetics, clothes, and bags. The fourth and fifth floor is a sauna center and a beauty club. The sixth is a restaurant providing special food from Dalian, Shanghai and Thailand.

Address: No. 108 Zhongshan Road, Qingniwan Bridge, Dalian

Xianshi Qiulin Mansion

The 5th floor sells children's commodities and stationery.

Address: No. 18 Jiefang Road, Dalian

MYKAL

A Sino-Japanese joint venture retail center, this mall sells Japanese home appliances, electronics and photography products. There is a dining street near the market providing western and Japanese style snacks.

Address: B1/F - 6/F, International Commerce and Trade Center, Dalian

Parkson

Address: No. 22 - No. 38 Xi'an Road, Shahekou District, Dalian

Friendship Exquisite Goods Shop

Address: No. 18 Huizhan Road, Shahekou District, Dalian

Friendship Store in Development Zone

Address: No. 2 - 1 Wucaicheng District, Development Zone, Dalian

South Korea Clothing Wholesales City

Address: No. 244 Changjiang Road., Zhongshan District, Dalian

Yujing Commercial City

Address: No. 5 Dagong Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Taiyangshen Aquatic Products Market

Address: East Section, Quanshuicun, Huabei Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian

Zhongxing Dalian Trade Mansion

Address: No. 42 Youhao Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Rongsheng Square

Address: No. 8 Wuhui Road, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Liaoyu Group Dalian Sales Dept.

Address: No. 38 Jiefang Road, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Liaoning Times Shopping Center Address: No. 7 Gangwan Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Guotai Mansion

Address: No. 223 - No. 227 Tianjin Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian

Carrefour Supermarket

The Carrefour Supermarket is a French supermarket chain which opened in 2000.

Address: No. 665 Huanghe Road, Shahekou District, Dalian

Wal Mart

Branch 1: No. 147 Zhongshan Road, Dalian

Branch 2: No. 2 Olympic Square, Xigang District, Dalian

China National Books Imports and Exports Corporation

This book store is Dalian's headquarters for foreign language books. It carries more than 100 English novels. Prices are a little high, but some books are discounted, costing only RMB 15 for a novel. In addition, shoppers will find fashion magazines, foreign language newspapers and periodicals, and CDs.

Address: Sheng Li Square, Zhong Shan District, Dalian

Jing Lian Bookshop

This is the oldest and largest bookshop in Dalian. Shoppers will easily recognize the striking storefront sign, featuring various Chinese characters for the word "book". Inside you will find an ambience perfect for bookworms, with pillars displaying the works of renowned calligraphers, stools for sitting, and a literal maze of packed bookshelves.

Address: No. 11 Xin Yue Li, Development Zone, (200 meters East of Bin Zhong Wang Restaurant), Dalian

NOTE: Although this information is correct at the time of our web publication, it is still advised that you call the phone number and confirm the address before going to the venue because some venues may have changed their telephone numbers or address locations.

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