As the largest processing and trading city of local produce and handicrafts within Jilin Province, you can find all the shopping specialties of Dongbei here, including such exotic products as quality wine, Changbai ginseng, sable, piles antler and frog oil.

As for handicrafts, wood carving, bark painting and straw-woven wares are famous in and beyond the province.

The two largest stores in town are the Changchun Department Store at Dajing Lu and the People’s Department Store near the Shangri-La, where you may find good leather shoes and fur hats at a reasonable price. More culture-related is the Antique Center at Qingming Da Lu, with odds and ends including ancient coins, stamps, vases and cameras. And if you really believe in Chinese herbal medicine, the Ginseng and Pilose Antler Market at 27 Tongzhi Da Lu is a must.