Most of the cities in Gansu are well prepared for tourists. As well as the usual China trinkets, things to buy include local specialties: Dunhuang pottery pieces, Tao ink stone, Jiayuguan ink stone, luminous jade cup of Jiuquan, carved lacqureware of Tianshui, Yellow River Stone Arts, Waist-knife of Bao'an minority, and carpets and blankets of Gansu, etc.

Gansu is rich in specialties like rose, lily bulb, melons and fruits, water melon seeds, Huaniu Apple and Black Moss, etc. Over 900 species of Chinese traditional medicinal herbs around Gansu are mainly in the southern part, angelica root, licorice root, rhubarb, codonopsis pilosula and milk vetch are the most famous.

• Gansu Provincial Cultural Relics Shop 3,West Xinjin Road, Lanzhou
• Gansu provicial Arts and Crafts Service Center 267, west Donggang Road, Lanzhou
• Cuibaozhai, Gansu 263, west Donggang Road, Lanzhou
• Gansu Painting Institute 266,East Riverside Road,Lanzhou
• Minbai Department Store 7,West Mi'', road, Lanzhou
• Seine Cultural and Art World 45,Qin an Road, Lanzhou