Beijing Road, located in the center of Guangzhou, is the location where Guangzhou's urban construction began and the most prosperous commercial gold mine in Guangzhou. The implementation of full-time walking on Beijing Road Pedestrian Street has gone through three stages: on February 8, 1997, with the approval of Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, some sections of Beijing Road are allowed to walk on weekends; From May 1998 to May 1, 200 1,1,the holiday pedestrian street is fully pedestrian; From June 65438+1 October1in 2002, the pedestrian street officially implemented full-time walking. Beijing Road Pedestrian Street starts from Zhongshan Fifth Road in the north and ends at Huifu Road in the south, with a total length of 440 meters. Shops along the street 138, mainly engaged in clothing, department stores, shoes, catering, jewelry and so on. Clothing stores account for 34%; Department stores account for17%; Leather shoes account for15%; Catering accounts for14%; Jewelry accounts for11%; Culture category 5%; Health care accounts for 3%; Service class accounts for 1%. Located in the pedestrian street, Baiguang is the leading commercial enterprise in Guangzhou.

Beijing Road Commercial Pedestrian Street is located in the center of Guangzhou, which is the location of Guangzhou's urban construction and the most prosperous commercial center in Guangzhou's history. For more than two thousand years, its status as a central city and central business district has never changed, which not only created a rare spectacle in the history of urban construction at home and abroad, but also created Guangzhou's brilliant historical culture and commercial civilization.

Beijing Road Commercial Pedestrian Street mainly includes a commercial area of Beijing Road. There are more than 10 large and medium-sized department stores here, such as Xindaxin Company, Guangzhou Department Store and Taibai Department Store. Cultural and recreational facilities include: several professional bookstores and Xinhua Bookstore, including tools, education, antiques, music and art, science and technology, foreign languages and children's bookstores, Sanduoxuan, Jiyazhai, Wen Yi Stationery Company, Yonghuan Cinema, Youth Culture Palace, Changjiang Musical Instrument Store, Yanfang Photo Studio and Xinyitai Sporting Goods Store. Specialized stores: Besides Beijing, Qiang Jian and New Fashion, there is also a high and medium-grade clothing lamp night market on Xihu Road. Restaurants include Taiping Restaurant, Beautiful Spring Ice Room, Lido Hotel, Beijing Tower and jubao floor, as well as countless fast food restaurants, jiaozi shops, porridge and noodle shops, cake shops and honey shops. Among them, the "Golden Chopsticks" which combines North and South snacks are also included. In recent years, Yuexiu District People's Government of Guangzhou has invested heavily in the renovation of Beijing Road Pedestrian Street, which fully embodies the "modern urban characteristics, Lingnan architectural style, strong cultural atmosphere and window demonstration role". In March after 1997, Beijing Road Commercial Pedestrian Street was identified as "National Civilized Commercial Street Demonstration Site" by Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China. 1999 was awarded the title of "National Demonstration Site of Spiritual Civilization Creation Activities" by the Office of the Central Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee in February.

At the beginning of July, 2002, when the pavement of Beijing Road Pedestrian Street was excavated, a large number of sandstone strips and ancient city wall bricks were unearthed. After more than two months of rescue excavation, the pavement of the Five Dynasties 1 1 floor and the foundation site of Gongbei Building in Song Dynasty were excavated. After consulting the opinions of all parties, the relevant departments in Yuexiu District decided to cover it with a glass fiber reinforced plastic cover for public display. This site is called "Millennium Ancient Road Site" and was officially opened on June 5438+ 10, 2003. This new discovery makes the cultural characteristics of Beijing Road as a business district more remarkable since ancient times.