Dining & Shopping off Xiang'an Campus

Student Shopping Street（学生街）:

The Student Shopping Street of Xiang’an Campus is located in front of the east gate, covering an area of over 20,000 square meters and consisting of a commercial street, complexes, hotels and apartments. It is home to a variety of shops including catering, retail, clothing, beauty salons, banking and communication services, such as Tasiting Burger, Mixue Ice Cream & Tea, Sisters' Fruit Store, Jianfu Convenience Store and more.

Huijing Shopping Mall（汇景购物广场）：

Huijing Shopping Mall brings together well-known brands such as Renrenle Supermarket, Zhongying International Cinema (five-star), Domino's Pizza, Pizza Hut, KFC, Watsons, and Baodao Optical. The mall and its surrounding area also feature a variety of popular stores and services, including Starbucks, Greenlight Party, Lao Feng Xiang Jewelry, Yilanger, HLA (Hailan Home), as well as local specialty shops selling youtiao stuffed with mochi (fried dough sticks with glutinous rice cake) and Luxihe Chinese Pastries. Take Bus No.720 or No.790 from Xiang'an Campus, and you can reach Huijing Shopping Mall within 30 minutes via a partial route.

Maxiang old street（马巷街）:

It is a busy narrow street with a length of 2,000 meters and a width of 7 meters. A Christian church (Tongmei Christian Church) stands at one end, temples of Chiwangye (Chiwang Palace/Yuanwei Hall) and Goddess of Mercy (Guanyin Temple) in the middle, and Chenghuang Temple nearby. Hundreds of shops and stalls sell local snacks, clothing, daily necessities and other commodities. The street perfectly integrates religious culture, shopping and local food, thus drawing crowds of people from all over the place round the clock. Chiwang Palace was built in the Ming Dynasty and Chenghuang Temple in the Qing Dynasty, both of which were listed as Xiamen cultural relics related to Taiwan in 2001. With a history of more than 1,000 years, Maxiang Town is the ancestral home of over 100,000 overseas Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and other parts of the world. It takes about 1 hour and 17 minutes to get from Xiang'an Campus to Maxiang old street by taking Bus 715 and transferring to Bus 707 at Xiao Lubian Stop.

Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street（中山路步行街）:

As the heart of Xiamen's commercial area, Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street covers a total area of 1 million square meters, accounting for nearly one third of Xiamen's total business area. It is a beautiful and prosperous commercial corridor lined with serried rows of stores and bustling with crowds.

Founded in 1925, Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street was renamed "Dahan Road" during the Japanese puppet regime period, and changed to "Dongfanghong Road" in 1966, before reverting to Xiamen Zhongshan Road in October 1979. It has been a prosperous commercial street since 1959. In 2004, the west section of Zhongshan Road was designated as a pedestrian area with motor vehicles banned, leading to a sharp increase in pedestrian flow. Today, it remains one of the city’s busiest commercial hubs.

The pedestrian street is 1,198 meters long and 15 meters wide. Most of the buildings along the street were constructed by returned overseas Chinese in the 1920s. Influenced by the architectural style of Nanyang (Southern Ocean), most buildings are of British style, with a few in French and German styles. Walking along the street, you can not only feel the vitality of the market economy, but also experience the rich cultural atmosphere of the city. The Arcades (Qilou) Street of Zhongshan Road is a representative of Xiamen's architectural culture. "Arcades Street" refers to the walkways under the buildings, which are mainly pink and ivory white and feature a strong exotic Nanyang style.

All merchants along the street abide by business ethics, operate in a civilized manner and provide convenient and preferential services for citizens and tourists. Many shops have been awarded Civilized Operation Units or Trustworthy Enterprises at the district, municipal and provincial levels. The construction of a "Civilized Model Street" and "Fake-Free Shops" has created a sound business and consumption environment for the street.

You can take Bus No.759 or the weekend student special bus to the terminal, then transfer to a bus heading towards Zhongshan Road. Alternatively, taking Metro Line 1 to Zhenhai Road Station provides convenient access to the pedestrian street.

Xiamen Huli Wanda Plaza （湖里万达购物广场）:

Xiamen Huli Wanda Plaza strives to provide better and unique services, and develop into a community-centric commercial hub delivering an enhanced shopping experience in the digital age. Completed in 2011, the plaza has increased the number of catering and beverage outlets to attract shoppers to stay longer, and launched various promotions to reward frequent shoppers, whose consumption data can be tracked via mobile phones. The opening of Huli Wanda International Cinema, Xiamen’s first IMAX cinema, has made the plaza a new fashion icon of the city. In addition, Huli Wanda Plaza draws on the experience of mixed-use development in emerging markets, integrating commercial space with residential areas and open leisure spaces.

Take Bus No.751 from Xiang'an Campus, and you can reach Huli Wanda Plaza within 35 minutes via a partial route.

Xiamen Powerlong One（宝龙一城广场）:

Xiamen Powerlong One is a high-end one-stop commercial complex located at No.1 Jinshan Road, Siming District, Xiamen, just 50 meters away from Exit 1A of Lingdou Station on Metro Line 2. With a total construction area of nearly 400,000 square meters, it is the first commercial complex in Xiamen integrating a shopping mall with an art center, and innovatively creates a "six-in-one" business format combining shopping mall, star-rated hotel, office building, high-end apartment, boutique SOHO and art center, becoming a new commercial landmark in the eastern part of Xiamen Island.

The mall has a commercial area of 120,000 square meters across six floors, gathering nearly 300 well-known domestic and international brands covering international light luxury, trendy retail, characteristic catering, high-end cinema, parent-child experience and life supporting services. It houses many brands that made their first debut in Fujian or Xiamen, such as Ole' Premium Supermarket, Lumière IMAX Cinema, Wade Watts Fitness Club, and the largest leisure parent-child park in South China - MELAND CLUB. It also features ADIDAS SPORTS WEAR COLLECTIVE (the highest-level brand store in Asia) and NIKE BEACON Store (the first one in Fujian's shopping malls). The catering area has more than 70 catering brands, including popular food brands like Tai'er Pickled Fish and Little Hui Ge Hot Pot, offering a rich variety of cuisines for choice.

Students of Xiamen University Xiang’an Campus can reach there by taking Bus No. 751. It takes about 55 minutes to get from Xiang'an Campus to Powerlong One and getting off at Lingdou Jiayuan Stop.