Beijing Ghost Street, or Guijie, is the name given to a street of restaurants in Dongzhimen, Dongcheng District.

Gui Street begins at the west end of the Dongzhimen Overpass on the Second Ring Road and ends at the east end of East Jiaodaokou Street. Along this 1,442-meter-long Dongnei Street, there are more than 150 commercial stores of various kinds along the street***, of which 148 are in the food and beverage service industry, accounting for more than 90 percent of all stores on Dongnei Street.

Due to the formation of the hot market, Ghost Street has become a household name in Beijing, and of course many people see the huge business opportunities here. However, the word ghost is not elegant, so the Dongcheng District Committee of the people to meditate for the ghost of the street to change the name, some people found the dictionary has the same sound with the word different "gui" and can also be eaten and dipped, and then began to publicize and also in the Dongzhimen Overpass Ghost Street side of the bridge to do a "gui! The "Gui" is a large bronze statue, so there is this civilized "Guijie".

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Gui Street Becomes Beijing's "Sunshine Catering" Demonstration Neighborhood

On November 21, 2017, Guijie appeared in the first batch of the Beijing Food and Beverage Association's "Sunshine Catering" demonstration neighborhood. On November 21, 2017, Guijie appeared on the list of the first batch of "Sunshine Dining" demonstration streets (districts) of Beijing Catering Industry Association, and the Beijing Catering Industry Association awarded plaques to Guijie and the other 53 first batch of demonstration neighborhoods.

The Secretary General of Beijing Catering Industry Association introduced that the "sunshine catering" demonstration block is assessed on the basis of the "sunshine catering" centralized block in Beijing. In accordance with the neighborhood independent declaration, experts on-site centralized assessment. After the assessment, Gui Street, Nanluoguxiang and other 53 neighborhoods in line with the assessment criteria, the neighborhoods of food service units to achieve all the "sunshine catering", quantitative grading assessment to reach a good or more, fumes, odors and waste gas, kitchen waste disposal standards.

"Sunshine Catering" that is, by publicizing food safety information, displaying food processing operations, and accepting public evaluation, to realize the "information sunshine" "sunshine evaluation process "" sunshine evaluation ", the food service from the invisible, closed kitchen into a" sunshine kitchen ", so that food safety hazards nowhere to hide.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Ghost Street

People's Daily Online - Guijie and others have become Beijing's "sunshine catering" demonstration neighborhoods