Jiefangbei Shopping Centre

The largest business centre of the city.Jiefangbei ,or the People's Liberation Monument,formerly known as the Monument of Victory in the War of Resistance,a 27.5 meter high structure,was renamed and had its new name inscribed by Liu Bocheng on October 1,1950.The shopping square,completed at the end of 1997,is 400 meters from east to west,and 350 metres from north and south,covering an area of 24400 square meters.Around the square there are more than 3000 stores and shops of various kinds,with two dozen large malls and shopping centers,a dozen star-grade hotels,and over 300 establishments and offices such as banks,stock markets,postal and telecommunication servics and places for entertainment.More than 300,000 people visit this area every day on the average,and on holidays the figure may exceed 900,000.This is the busiest part of downtown Chongqing.