In recent years,a great number of traditional commercial streets has reappeared in China.The first attempt wasthe renovation of the kiu-Li-Chang street in Beijing.The renovation of the Liu-Li-Chang street in Beijing was proposed in 1978,with the first stage of the projectstarted in October,1980.It included the reconstruction of a 500 metre-length of street and 54 stores on both sideswith a floor space of 34 thousand square metres.The whole project was basically completed in the short period of afew years and has won acclaims from architects and planners at home and abroad,though arguments still exist.Soonafterwards,many cities followed suit with such influential ones as the traditional culture street in Tianjin,theCheng-Huang-Miao Temple market in Hefei and the Fu-Zi-Miao Temple market in Nanjing,etc.Traditionalcommercial streets have been set up not only in big cities.but also in some medium-sized and small cities.They are,of course,smaller in size and generally simpler.Some of the traditional commercial streets have been quite successful,while some have not produced good results.There has been a great argument among the Chinese planners and archi-tects on issues related to the traditional commercial street.Ⅰ,herewith,would like to express my view. In recent years, a great number of traditional commercial streets has reappeared in China.The first attempt was the renovation of the kiu-Li-Chang street in Beijing.The renovation of the Liu-Li-Chang street in Beijing was proposed in 1978,with The first stage of the projectstarted in October,1980.It included the reconstruction of a 500 metre-length of street and 54 stores on both sides with a floor space of 34 thousand square metres.The whole project was basically completed in the short period of afew Years and has won acclaims from architects and planners at home and abroad,though arguments still exist.Soonafterwards,many cities followed suit with such influential ones as the traditional culture street in Tianjin,the Cheng-Huang-Miao Temple market in Hefei and the Fu- Zi-Miao Temple market in Nanjing,etc.Traditionalcommercial streets have been set up not only in big cities.but also in some medium-sized and small cities.They are,of course,smaller in size and generally simpler.Some of the tr Aditional commercial streets have been quite successful, while some have not produced good results.There has been a great argument among the Chinese planners and archi-tects on issues related to the traditional commercial street.I,herewith,would like to express my view.