Computer City extends the entire way between Kehua Beilu (科华北路）and Renmin Nanlu (人民南路）on the south 1st ring road (南一环路). At either end of the street there are large electronics department stores selling absolutely anything having to do with computers, cameras, and cell phones. All along the street in between the large department stores are smaller shops which specialize in different aspects of electronics. The Shu Ma (数码） department store listed below is just one of these mega-stores, but all of them are very similar to each other.

Shu Ma department store is six floors jampacked with electronics. Intense competition makes it a good place to shop around for good deals on all kinds of electronics. Don’t hesitate to walk back and forth between merchants selling the same item and in your whiniest voice say, "But that guy over there just gave me this [lower] price..." The listed price is never the final price. The first two floors have computers, laptops, hard drives, and cell phones. The 3rd floor features cameras, while the 4th floor is the best place in town to shop for cheap DVDs. A word of advice to those with children: unlike video stores back home, there is no separate section for adult videos.

Directions: Shu Ma Guang Chang (数码广场） is located at the junction of the south 1st ring road and Renmin Nanlu. It is on the southeast corner and it is impossible to miss the throngs of people constantly streaming in and out. It takes about 30 minutes to walk straight down Renmin Lu from Tianfu Square and arrive at the electronics super store.

Don't rush, think carefully for a minute before you just go ahead and assume what you will find at cell phone street. Ready? OK.... it's cell phones. Foreign students, English teachers, and businessmen alike all need cell phones. Bring a Chinese friend to help you sort out the phone and contract details and head for Tidujie. In the department store on the south side of the street competition between companies is so intense that prices for new cell phones are as low as possible. If these prices don't satisfy you, you can buy 2nd hand phones on the north side of the street. Remember to bargain here.

Directions: Walk east along Renmindonglu from Tianfu Square and you will soon make a left on Shunchengjie. Pass the Dynasty Hotel and then make a right onto Tidujie. 

Foreign language bookstores are great places to find English city, county, province, and country maps. Naturally there is also a basic selection of contemporary and classic fiction and non-fiction titles. Due east of Tianfu Square and just north of Chunxi Lu is one store at 5 Zongfu Lu. On the second floor there is a wide range of English magazines along the wall and a decent choice of new releases in case you finished your latest read. Spanish, French, German, and Japanese speakers will also find a few titles. English Chengdu city maps cost Y5 here.

At the intersection of the south 1^st ring road (at the junction of the 1^st and 2^nd sections) and Kehua Beilu there is another foreign language bookstore on the corner. This store has a better selection of maps, posters, and music, but less books. Despite what you would think, the staff do not speak English or recognize titles at either store.

On the south side of the North Railway Station you'll find the vast He Hua Chi wholesale market. The market is so big that even cab drivers aren't really sure where to drop you off. The bulk of the stores are on the east side of Renmin Beilu. A few buildings are full of clothing and shoe shops and a number of winding covered markets offer every kind of clothing, houseware, home furnishing, and traditional Chinese souvenir imaginable. Just keep wandering and shopping until you can't take another minute of old-fashioned Chinese bargaining, known as "jiang jia". 

Take bus no.703, 536, 701, 519 or 608 to the Liji Bei Lu (Road) bus stop and then walk about 500 meters south.  You can’t miss it.