A lorry driver waiting for business outside the Hedao Plaza. [Photo by Wang Jing/China Daily]
The shops at the new location are larger than the merchants' previous ones, and, in recent days, some merchants have seen an average daily turnover of more than 20,000 yuan ($3167) a day, a big jump from earlier.
Meanwhile, in order to better serve these merchants, they have been offered a 10-year lease, a three-year rent fee, and a one-year property fee exemption.
The new market was particularly busy before the recent Spring Festival, when streams of purchasers from across the nation converged on this new market.