Zhongyang Street in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, is the longest walking business street in the country. It measures 1450 meters long from Jingwei Street in the south to the Flood Control Monument on the riverbank in the north.
History of Zhongyang Street
The street was built at the end of the 19th century and led to a wharf on the Songhua River. Harbin at that time was a semi-colonial city with thousands of foreigners. Politics and economy were actually controlled by foreign powers. Around 1900, Russians in the city began to build the China Eastern railway. The big construction project created great need for the constant transport of goods. Therefore, a shopping center began to take shape along this street. Due to the concentration of Chinese shops along the street, foreigners took it as a China town and called it China Street. Later in 1925, the street got its present name - Zhongyang Street.
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