Wangfujing

The new Wanfujing Department Store has an unbelievable flow of customers, including 400,000 the day it reopened.

The renovated Wangfujing has been chosen as a symbol of Beijing's booming commerce to rival Ginza in Tokyo, Champs Elysées in Paris and Huaihai Lu in Shang

Modern rickshaw boy

The department stores and old shops -- Wangfujing Department Store, Sun Dong An Plaza, China Photo Studio, Silian Hair & Beauty and Shengxifu Headgear Shop -- have retained their distinctive styles.

The government has invested 1 billion yuan in the reconstruction of Wanfujing: removing banisters, widening the street, installing lampposts and paving with red, yellow and gray bricks.