Zhongguancun Zone The Zhongguancun Zone is in fact a beehive of vast malls, hi-tech businesses and higher learning establishments packed into one area.

Xinjiekou Clothing Street It is renowned amongst Beijing's fashionable but financially limited women as one of the best places to pick up a bargain.

One World Department Store This glamorous department store offers a mixture of international and Chinese brands - good quality at steep prices is the general rule.

Lufthansa Shopping Centre This is possibly Beijing's best-known department store, standing proudly along the east Third Ring Road, next to the Kempinski Hotel.

Yashow & New Yashow These two markets are almost identical, but New Yashow is considerably less crowded and has fewer stalls.

Silk Market (Xiushui) This indoor market is the city’s most popular with tourists, with six floors of cheap, fake goods.

Zhongguancun Mall This new mall offers good-quality products at discounted prices.

The Place The city's most architecturally-impressive mall, it includes shops like MNG, Miss Sixty, French Connection and M.A.C.

Wal-Mart Wal-Mart stocks the hardware and homeware items that have made it so popular across the pond.

Jenny Lou's These small supermarkets sell a great assortment of imported goods at expectedly higher prices than local supermarkets.