Six new national demonstration pedestrian streets

The second batch of national demonstration pedestrian streets announced by the Ministry of Commerce include Wangfujing Commercial Street in Beijing, Jinjie Street in Tianjin, Nanjing Road in Shanghai, Zhongjie Street in Shenyang, Jianghan Road in Wuhan, and Beijing Road in Guangzhou.

In the first half of this year, the total visit volume and turnover of the six pedestrian streets surged 65.8 percent and 102.4 percent year-on-year, and compared to the same period of 2019, growth reached 11.3 percent and 12.4 percent.

In 2018, the Ministry of Commerce launched a pilot project to upgrade pedestrian streets in 11 Chinese cities, aiming to follow the trend of consumption upgrading, optimizing environment, improving facilities, increasing the supply of high-quality goods, and meeting customers' multi-level and diversified needs.

Last year, the first batch of national demonstration pedestrian streets was announced, including Confucius Temple Pedestrian Street in Nanjing, Hubin Pedestrian Street in Hangzhou, Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street in Chongqing, Kuanzhai Xiangzi Pedestrian Street in Chengdu, and Great Tang All Day Mall Pedestrian Street in Xi'an.

Now, let's take a look at the new national demonstration pedestrian streets for this year.