East Chang'an Avenue is a major road in urban Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. It forms part of the extended Chang'an Avenue

Chang'an Avenue

Chang'an Avenue , literally "Eternal Peace Street", is a major thoroughfare in Beijing, China.Chang'an is the old name for Xi'an which was the capital of China during the Tang Dynasty and other periods....

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It leaves Tian'anmen Square heading east until the Dongdan

Dongdan

Dongdan is a crossing on Beijing's Chang'an Avenue and also a part of eastern central Beijing.In the Dongdan region one finds the Oriental Plaza, and Dongdan North Street, termed "silver street" for being next to Wangfujing Street. Like Wangfujing, Dongdan is also home to many shops.The Beijing...

 intersection.

Easily recognised for the crossing with Wangfujing

Wangfujing

Wángfǔjǐng , located in Dongcheng District, Beijing, is one of the Chinese capital's most famous shopping streets. Much of the road is off-limits to cars and other motor vehicles, and it is not rare to see the entire street full of people. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty there have been...

, Beijing's well-known commercial district, it also is home to the Beijing Hotel

Beijing Hotel

The Beijing Hotel is a five-star state-owned hotel in the Dongcheng District of Beijing, China.-Overview:It is located at the southern end of Wangfujing Street, at the corner with East Chang'an Avenue, 1.5km from Beijing Railway Station with views of the Forbidden City and part of Tiananmen Square...

 and the Grand Hotel Beijing. Various state organs and organisations also sit along its path.

Line 1 of the Beijing subway

Beijing Subway

The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. It is owned by the city of Beijing and has two operators, the wholly state owned Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., which operates 12 lines, and the Beijing MTR...

runs along the route.