Doha set to have ‘Dragon Mart’

A “Dragon Mart” featuring hundreds of shops selling Chinese goods exclusively will be opened at the Barwa Commercial Avenue  either by the end of this year or early next year, the Chinese ambassador has said.

Based on the Dubai Dragon City, some blocks of the sprawling Barwa Commercial Avenue that leads from the Abu Hamour roundabout to the Industrial Area will be used to set up the Dragon Mart ,   ambassador  Gao Youzhen told Gulf Times in an interview. He said that an agreement in this regard had already been signed with the  Barwa Real Estate .

The Barwa Commercial Avenue stretches for more than  8km and the mixed-use facility is expected to be completed in a few months’ time.  

According to the ambassador,  the proposed mart will be based on the Dubai Dragon City . He explained the overall Dragon Mart would be spread over 20,000 square metres. “There will be about 100 shops to begin with.  The date of opening is not yet decided but we expect that it might be opened by the end of this year or early next year.”

“In Dubai, as the compound of the whole complex is quite long and full of  Chinese products, it is called the Dragon City. It was started after the Dubai and Chinese governments encouraged some  Chinese companies to start business in the city. At present there are  more than 1,000 retail shops in Dragon City Dubai.”

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