Even the Hong Kongers did not expect a neighboring fishing village under Guangdong provincial jurisdiction is now developed into a metropolis with a population over 10 millions just 20 years ago. Hundreds of thousands Hong Kong citizens pack in queues to check in or out either at Lohu or at Huang Gang Customs pass (there are two other minor passes elsewhere) bordering Hong Kong and Shenzhen everyday. They rush to this budding city for business or, simply for a leisure break with fadeless enthusiasm. The city has given many opportunities for Hong Kong factory owners to make a pile or for shopping addicts to enjoy a buying spree for its low labor cost and lesser consuming prices, despite the fact that the living cost in this city mounts the top among all other Chinese cities. The vantage ground of distinctive cost gap even spurs some Hong Kong travelers to hop across border and take internal flights at Shenzhen for their domestic destinations; well, it always makes sense to be cost-minded especially when this fledgling but also a modern town in embryo is starting to offer up-to-date living and shopping pomp and circumstance, from flickering super malls to theme parks. In this article, we bring forth a list of “must go” places in the city.

Dongmen: the most popular and time-honored shopping block in the center of Lohu district. Few international brand but quite a lot tawdry trinkets and locally manufactured fashion stuff mustered in small yet dapper shops. Big varieties of merchandises ranging from drapers, shoes, house adornments to angling rods and tailor shop with compelling prices are very beckoning to almost all stratums; however, haggling in persistence is a must to get your bargain deal here. You may also easily find KFC and McDonald¡¦s and even more Chinese restaurants or deli stalls in this pedestrian block. Business hours all day from late morning to midnight in Dongmen. There goes MTR from Lohu border customs just two stops away.

Huaqiangbei: the corresponding transcribing in English is Huaqiang North Road, also, a block of shopping but electronic gadget overwhelms the merchandise display on shelves and counters. If you are looking for a laptop or an iPod, MP3 something, you hit the spot here. Loads of unauthorized computer software, CD & DVD dishes are available in sneak.
In the back corner of MOI super mall building a free market named Jia Hua is the Mekka on backpacker gears. On view at this unembellished bungaloid shopping area are categories covering climbing boots, alpenstock, headgears, jackets, coffee cooker, knapsacks, and camping tent and so on. Don’t take the attached brands seriously, quite possibly they’re faked stuff.
Restaurants and bars are densely located in the block and nightlife is effervescent lasting till over midnight.
There is a MTR station nearby, save for numerous buses and minibuses passing by.