香港商品具有免税优势，加上受人民币兑港币的汇率影响，同样的进口商品，香港的价格要比内地低。改革开放之初的20世纪80年代，处于深港交界的中英街以物美价廉的优势，吸引了来自全国各地的游客，被誉为“购物天堂”。

Prices of imported commodities in Hong Kong are lower than on the Chinese mainland, as Hong Kong products are duty-free and the favorable exchange rate of RMB to the Hong Kong dollar also determines the prices. At the beginning of the 1980s, Zhongying Street was known as a shopping paradise for its commodities with reasonable prices and good quality, attracting tourists from all over the country.

故事要从1979年说起。那年，深圳建市不久，中英街每天都会接待一批批来自内地的游客，人气带旺了深圳一侧的商铺，但香港一侧的商铺大多仅用于居住或仓储。1979年9月初，一场强风暴雨过后，香港一侧的“王兴记”门店被打湿，店主便将自家货品搬到店前街边晾晒，这些货品大都是一些外国进口的雨伞、皮鞋、衣物等，晾晒时竟吸引不少游客围观问价。店主一家受此启发，抓住时机赶紧整理店面开始做生意。数天后，邻铺“马文记”“东昌店”也相继开门迎客。就这样，香港一侧数十间店铺重新开业，迎接来自内地四面八方的游客。从此，中英街深港两侧的商贸业开始进入飞速发展时期。

In 1979, shortly after the establishment of Shenzhen City, Zhongying Street received groups of tourists from inland cities every day, which made the shops on the Shenzhen side very popular while the shops on the Hong Kong side were mostly used as residences or for storage. In early September 1979, after a strong rainstorm, the store of “Wangxingji” on the Hong Kong side was flooded and the owner moved his goods to the street to dry. Most of these goods were imported umbrellas, shoes and clothes, which attracted a lot of tourists who asked the prices. Inspired by this, the owner quickly opened the store. A few days later, other shops also opened to the tourists. Shortly thereafter, dozens of shops on the Hong Kong side reopened to visitors from all over the country and the business and trade industries on both sides of Zhongying Street entered a period of rapid development.

1979年至1988年，中英街的销售额由590万元跃升到15.68亿元，中英街引领着那个年代的购物风尚。那时由于香港黄金制品设计新潮美观，许多商户在中英街贩卖起了香港黄金，中英街成为全国第一条“黄金街”。“黄金热”达到高潮时，中英街深港两侧金铺加起来有47家，1988年5月至10月间，中英街上的金店共销售黄金饰品达5吨，金额6.5亿元港元。除了黄金之外，中英街还畅销其他生活日用品如布匹、服饰、雨伞、香皂、方便面、味精等。20世纪90年代，中英街售卖的化妆品、家用小电器、摄影器材等十分走俏。2000年后，数码产品、奶粉、山珍海味、日化产品成为新的热销商品。

From 1979 to 1988, the sales volume of Zhongying Street jumped from 5.9 million yuan to 1.57 billion yuan. At that time, many merchants sold Hong Kong gold products in Zhongying Street because of their fashionable and beautiful designs. During the peak time of the “gold fever,” there were 47 gold shops on both sides of Zhongying Street. From May to October 1988, Zhongying Street saw a total of five tons of gold ornaments sold worth HK$650 million. In addition to gold, other daily necessities such as cloth, clothes, umbrellas, soap, instant noodles and monosodium glutamate were also sold. In the 1990s, cosmetics, household appliances and photography equipment were sold well. After 2000, digital products, milk powder, delicacies and cosmetics became new marketable commodities.

20世纪的中英街街景

A street view of Zhongying Street in the 20th century.

随着香港回归祖国，自由行的开通和内地经济的发展，中英街的商业旅游经济开始回归平淡，黄金、电器、数码产品的购买热潮逐渐褪去。2008年，深圳市政府发布《关于进一步加强中英街商贸管理的实施方案》，进一步优化中英街的商业定位，以销售日用品和化妆品等零售业为主。到中英街选购香港日化用品已成为很多深圳市民周末的选择，“百年名街”与“购物天堂”的金字招牌仍然经久不衰。

With the return of Hong Kong to China, the opening of free travel and the development of the mainland economy, the commercial tourism economy of Zhongying Street started to level off and the buying boom of gold, electrical appliances and digital products gradually faded. In 2008, the Shenzhen Municipal Government issued the Implementation Plan on Further Strengthening the Business Management of Zhongying Street to further optimize the commercial positioning of Zhongying Street for businesses mainly selling daily necessities and cosmetics and for other retail businesses. Zhongying Street has become the choice of many Shenzheners for buying daily necessities and cosmetics from Hong Kong. Its reputations of “century-old street” and “shopping paradise” are still enduring.

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来源：深圳市档案馆、i深圳

Source: Shenzhen Archives, iShenzhen

编译：深圳政府在线、Shenzhen Daily、GDToday

Transedited by: Shenzhen Government Online, Shenzhen Daily, GDToday