Beijing Department Store Explained

Beijing Department Store
Native Name:北京市百货大楼
Native Name Lang:Chinese
Former Names:Beijing Wangfujing Department Store
Status:Complete
Address:255 Wangfujing Street
Location Town:Beijing
Location Country:China
Coordinates:39.9133°N 116.4104°W
Opened Date:September 1955
Floor Count:6
Floor Area:39,000 m2

Beijing Department Store is a major department store on Wangfujing street, Beijing, China.

The department store was opened in September 1955 under the name of Wangfujing Department Store (王府井百货商店). It changed to its present name in July 1968. In the 1970s an office building and a warehouse were built and annexed to the main building.

The store offers a wide range of merchandise very similar to an American department store.[1] [2]

In August 2019, an underground retro commercial street and immersive museum called Heping Guoju (和平菓局) opened to public on the B2 floor of Beijing Department Store.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 首页_王府井百货 . www.wfj.com.cn . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319024343/http://www.wfj.com.cn/bjbh . 19 March 2014 . dead.
  2. Web site: Sina Visitor System. 18 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Underground 'time machine' unveils Chinese capital in 1980s. Xinhua News Agency. 2019-12-09. 2021-05-30.