Guanyinqiao: the pedestrian street and Paradise Walk

tax refund on the spot

ShoppingJiangbei: the Airport, North Station, Jiangbeizui and Guanyinqiao

GUANYINQIAO: THE PEDESTRIAN STREET AND PARADISE WALK (TAX REFUND ON THE SPOT) · GUANYINQIAO BUXINGJIE · BEICHENG TIANJIE

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VERIFIED2026.09.22

Jiangbei: the Airport, North Station, Jiangbeizui and Guanyinqiao · 29.577°N 106.529°E

Pay as you consume

The north bank's shopping district — 600,000 people a day on average, over a million on the busiest (district government) — and, for a foreign visitor, the most useful mall zone in the city: two of Chongqing's five 'instant tax refund' centralised counters are here (Paradise Walk, added May 2026, and Starlight 68, added September 2025). That means anything bought at any of the 363 tax-refund shops in the city can be refunded in cash on the spot before you get near the airport (State Taxation Administration, July 2026). Line 3 'Guanyinqiao' station, 15 minutes from Chongqing North station; Beicang, the warehouse café lane, is 800 m behind the square.

Before you goIt is a mall district and looks like every other one in China — the point is the tax refund and the cards, not the sights. The refund counters give cash only against a credit-card pre-authorisation and a promise to leave China within 28 days, since 1 September 2026 through any exit port that runs departure tax refunds (the 'instant refund' is now settled nationwide: refund at a qualifying shop, customs check at departure, per the State Taxation Administration notice of July 2026; before that Chongqing's refund was only honoured at Jiangbei Airport and in Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Xinjiang); overstay the 28 days without leaving and the pre-authorisation is charged. Weekend evenings the square is shoulder-to-shoulder; the 3D screen crowd blocks the pavement. Something wrong here? Tell us →

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AdmissionPay as you consumeNo ticket; by consumption

HoursStreet open ground; malls roughly 10:00-22:00, by shop

AddressGuanyinqiao pedestrian street, Guanyinqiao Subdistrict, Jiangbei District — the district tourism office's A-grade list gives the 4A 'Guanyinqiao business district urban tourism area' no street number at all, just 'Jiangbei District' and a 1.5 km² core (6.8 km² planned). The two tax-refund malls are Paradise Walk (龙湖北城天街) at 6-8 Beicheng Tianjie Street and Starlight 68 (星光68) at 68 Yanghe 1st Road — house numbers from the tax bureau's refund-shop notice, third-party relaySource ↗Navigate ↗

EntranceLine 3 'Guanyinqiao' station exits onto the pedestrian street; Paradise Walk is on the north side of the square

Last verified 2026-09-22 Source: platforms and press

Paying on site

Shops and food courts charge per purchase; foreign cards accepted at the large malls, cash and mobile payment on the street (not officially confirmed)

Language

Mall signage bilingual; the refund counters handle passports and issue bilingual forms (tax bureau lists are bilingual); shop staff speak limited English

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