Yingkou is a small city, yet its commercial sector is quite prosperous for its size. There are two bustling shopping districts downtown: Shifu Road Commercial Street and Dongsheng Road Commercial Street, which are must-visit spots for shopping in Yingkou. These streets house a full range of brand stores covering jewelry, home appliances and apparel, including Lawman, Adidas and more. Whether you prefer classic or avant-garde styles, you can always find brands that suit your taste.

Yingkou is known as a city with two ports — the old Yingkou Port and the new Bayuquan Port — and three major agricultural products: rice, fruits and aquatic products. When visiting here, you will definitely want to take some local specialties home. The city boasts abundant aquatic products for you to choose from. Besides, Yingkou soybean paste is extremely famous, a must-try for anyone fond of Northeastern Chinese flavors!

Yingkou takes full advantage of its unique timber resources and selects rare high-quality wood to craft various musical instruments, which sell well across China and around the globe. It is also one of China’s four major musical instrument manufacturing bases, renowned worldwide for products such as modulating guzheng, pianos, violins and accordions.

The improved modulating guzheng has breathed new vitality into the 3,000-year-old traditional guzheng. It delivers superior, richer and louder tones with stronger expressive power, emerging as a standout ancient instrument in modern orchestras. Its pianos, accordions and double basses also enjoy an excellent reputation.

In 2000, the ecological environment of the planting base in Hongqi Town passed inspections on air, water and soil conducted by the Liaoning Provincial Institute of Ecological and Environmental Protection. The fruits also passed product testing. The base was certified by the China Green Food Development Center as a 10,000-mu green food production base for Kyoho and Red Globe grapes, and registered the brand "Wangershan".

Other local specialties of Yingkou include hybrid hazelnuts, bamboo-scented rice, Gaizhou watermelons, Chinese mitten crabs, greenhouse-grown watermelons and more.