Under the management of the government, Beijing Antique City is the largest indoor antique art exchanging center in the world and one of the most impressive fairs of China.

Choice curios and new arts and crafts articles are displayed for sale in this four-storey building. It sells a wide variety of goods are displayed for sell: Jingdezhen porcelains, Tang San Cai (Tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty), Cloisonne, Inner Mongolian crystal and agate, Burmese emerald, other pottery and porcelain, jewelry and jade articles, calligraphic works and paintings, antique clocks and watches, carpets and ancient furniture.

This Antique City can claim to be the largest and most all-inclusive market in terms of its collections of national antiques and art works. It has attracted many celebrities, among them Hilary Clinton (wife of U.S. ex-president Bill Clinton), and Moshe Katsav, the Israeli ex-president.