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Why?
When using a conventional AI translator app on mobile phones or tablets, they usually require that one must have an active internet connection. However, the AI translator products found at HuaQiangBei work without an internet connection, and are equipped with translations between many languages.
This opens the door to an experience of shopping without a language barrier and rids one the need to hire a local translator, which can prove to be expensive for budget travelers.
Simon and Mary, from Australia, said they had set HuaQiangBei as the last stop during their trip to China as they were interested in buying IT products in the country.
Upon reaching the market, they were surprised at how cheap electronics products were and they filled two big bags of electronics products in a short while, from mobile phone accessories to fans, headphones, etc., it was a bargain for them, they said.
Not only that, they were amazed by the fact that one could buy goods upstairs and ship them through agents downstairs. Apart from that, they were also able to exchange foreign currency on-site and had a 10% tax refund for the products they bought, directly at HuaQiangBei.
A shop owner for a drone store told reporters that they sell about 50 drones a week, half of them to foreign tourists.
A foreign volunteer at HuaQiangBei, Andy (on a red vest in the image above), helps foreign buyers at the market communicate with sellers.
It is worth mentioning that foreign buyers heading to HuaQiangBei have increased 50% year on year, and the market operators have set up a team of foreign volunteers like Andy to facilitate communication.
Andy said that the variety of goods in HuaQiangBei is amazing.
