The area became famous for the location of the movie, The World of Suzie Wong. Wan Chai is known for its numerous aspects. Second to the popular Lan Kwai Fong area in Central, it is a never sleeping alternative for night clubs, bars and restaurant seekers. The area is intertwined with old and new, family run printing shops, hardware shops, fresh fruit and vegetable market stalls, residential developments, modern grade A commercial buildings, 5-star hotels, the Convention Hall and Plaza, Government services and institutions, Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts and shopping centers.

It is a crowded neighborhood, but with the Urban development plan for the Queen’s Road East throughway, there is still great capacity for gentrification. Here developers are harmonizing the old with the new and creating a skyline of both residential and commercial centers. Among the more notable monuments are the Wan Chai post office, Golden Bauhinia square, with a statue of the representative flower of Hong Kong, decorated next to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. There are two ferry piers which shuttle Kowloon goers from Wan Chai to the Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui and to the Wampoa Gardens in Hung Hom. There are several MTR exits in the heart of Want Chai and the proposed Northern line will have another exit in the HKCEC.

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