Shopping center is the commercial aggregate of offering regional service to consumers, which is concentrated by many kinds of retail shops and service facility in a building or in an area, developed, managed and operated by a enterprise.

• 购物中心是多种零售店、服务设施集中在由企业有计划地开发、管理、运营的一个建筑物内，或一个区域内，向消费者提供区域性服务的商业集合体，具有单体规模较大，业态的复合性，现代化硬件设施与人性化服务的结合，开发、经营、管理的统一性四大特点。