1 Guangzhou Commercial Pedestrian Street

It is one of the prime downtown shopping areas located in ShangxiajiuLu. Tourists can shop, eat and have fun in 238 stores all within a 800 meter walk. The former President JiangZemin has visited this pedestrian street.

2 Mouse Street Shopping Center

Mouse Street (Lao Shu Jie) is also known as "women's street" and is where Guangzhou's modern misses hit the rails. Hundreds of tiny stores sell locally produced, Japanese-brand clothes, shoes, and accessories.

3 Friendship Store

The Friendship Store occupies a five-story building with departments selling a wide range of designer wear, children's wear, luggage, and household appliances. Address: 369 Huanshi Dong Lu, Guangzhou, China

4 GITIC Plaza Arcade

GITIC Plaza Arcade has stores in the mid- to upmarket range. Some are contained in the Monte Carlo Shopping Center, where women's and men's fashions, accessories, cosmetics, and stationery are sold. More clothing boutiques, jade shops, and Chinese arts and crafts are found here as well.

5 Antique Xiguan Street

Very hard to find but once you get there it is worth it. You know you are getting close when you are surrounded by local women all chanting "change money, change money". Everything about this place is old, from the street to the shops to the furniture, even the people selling the goods have been around a long time.