Kunming Shopping

Kunming is a famous city with long history and rich culture, picturesque natural scenery, numerous places of interest and pleasant weather all year round. Kunming is also an international tourism city under development, where the World Horticultural Exposition was held successively. Many tourists come to buy cigarettes, jewelry, coffee, tea, mountain delicacies, traditional Chinese medicine, handicrafts, flowers and plants, which is regarded as a great pleasure.

Famous Streets

-Colorful Yunnan Co. Ltd.
Colorful Yunnan Co. Ltd. is a large comprehensive tourism shopping enterprise which integrates tourism products, sightseeing, tourism shopping and tourism centering. The company occupies an area of 3.6 square kilometers for total managemen and includes eight departments for business – Qicaiyunnan Jade and Jewelry Store, Handiwork Store, Specialty Store, Store of Precious Traditional Chinese Medicine, Store of Plant Essence Oil, Renowned Tea House, Qicaiyunnan Peacok World and Yixinyuan Hotel and tow factories concerning processing jade, jewelry, arts and crafts. Now, it claims to be the largest and the most luxurious shopping center for tourism in Yunnan Province.
Address: Twelve kilometers from Anshi Road of Kunming

-Luyu Communication Center for Tea Culture
Luyu Communication Center for Tea Culture is a teaching fieldwork base of Tea Study Department of Yunnan Agricultural University (YAU). It serves not only as providing social practice for teachers and students, but also the channel for promotion and sales of Pu'er tea products of YAU. Tourists can sip tea and taste its flavor and appreciate Pu'er tea culture on one hand, on the other hand one may bring home favorite tea.
Address: Jinniu Housing Estate, Dianchi Road, Kunming City.

Recommended Kunming Shopping Areas:
Shopping is really convenient in Kunming because there are many shopping malls, department stores, supermarket and exclusive agencies. Qingnianlu Commercial Street, Zhengyilu Shopping Street, Luosiwuan retail market, Zhengyi Road and Dongfenglu Commercial Street are the best places for shopping.

-Recommended Commodities
In Kunming, there are some unique local creations available, like Jianshui Purple Pottery, satchels, tie-dye products of Dali, jade articles of Tengchong, tin-made handicrafts of Gejiu, Dai brocades, bornite handicrafts, batik products and marble works, etc. and don’t forget Pu’er tea and Yunnan Tuo tea.

Various flowers bloom in each season of Kunming, thus the flower fairs here are extraordinarily prosperous. It is recommended to pay a visit there and buy some fresh flowers or dehydrated flowers, among them the one at Shangyi Street, the biggest in Kunming, is worthy visiting. Besides, Jiameng Flower Fair, Jingxingjie Flower and Bird Market and Bailong Flower and Bird Market are of great value as well.