Fourth, Maliandao Tea Street has recently been honored by the government as The Commercial Street with Chinese Characteristics, the only street that has won the honor in Beijing. On April 23, 2005, Maliandao held a grand unveiling ceremony, erecting a gold-lettered signboard with The Commercial Street with Chinese Characteristics inscribed. Now, commercial facilities covering more than 100,000 sq m have been built along the street, attracting many well-known enterprises such as Carrefour, B&Q and Beijing Audio-Visual.

Fifth is the development of other new industries. The development of the tea industry made for tremendous growth in spin-off industries such as tea sets, tea packaging, transportation, tea ceremony, root carving, tea foods and even tea footbaths.

Sixth is the Maliandao Purchasing Center. Currently the government of Xuanwu District is planning to construct a purchasing center in Maliandao that will cover 82 hectares. It will be divided into five areas including an international purchasing and exhibition area, tea industry purchasing area, brand commercial area, health care area and a books and education area. This will help Maliandao to further develop as an important logistics hinge for Beijing.

Author: Li Juan

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