Baliqiao Market, Wholesale market in Yongshun, China
Baliqiao Market, formally the Tongzhou Baliqiao Trading Market, is a national-level key wholesale market in Yongshun, Tongzhou District, Beijing. Its first phase opened in 1992 on 210 mu with 100,000 square metres of floor space, north of the Tonghui River between Baliqiao and Shaizizhuang Bridge. It was divided into fruit and vegetable, grain and oil, meat and fish, general goods, catering, residential and management zones.
The market was established in 1992 as part of efforts to build commercial infrastructure in the Yongshun district. Its growth as a wholesale center has drawn traders and suppliers throughout the region.
Tongzhou was a grain-transport hub in the Ming and Qing dynasties, with grain, rice, cattle, fish, fruit and porcelain markets; its grain market was the largest private grain exchange in and around Beijing. The 1992 market revives that trading role, and its name comes from the nearby Baliqiao bridge over the Tonghui River.
The market caters to wholesale buyers and business owners looking to purchase stock in bulk quantities. Visiting during standard business hours is advisable when traders are most active and negotiations are ongoing.
In 2011, Tongzhou industrial and commercial authorities, working with police, seized pork trotters sold at the market that had been soaked in chemical compounds to whiten them. The case followed earlier complaints about water-injected pork and counterfeit drinks in the market's first years.
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