Xinfadi Market

Xinfadi Market
Front entrance to the Xinfadi market as it appeared in February 2024
Simplified Chinese北京新发地农产品批发市场
Traditional Chinese北京新發地農產品批發市場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBěijīng Xīnfādì Nóngchǎnpǐn Pīfā Shìchǎng

Xinfadi Market (Chinese: 北京新发地农产品批发市场, Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market) is a covered wholesale food market in the southern Beijing district of Fengtai. As of 2020, the market provides more than 90% of Beijing's fruits and vegetables according to state media.[1] Seafood[1] and meat[2][3] are also sold at the market. Vendors distribute produce from Xinfadi to many smaller markets in Beijing.[4] It is nicknamed the "vegetable basket" and "fruit bowl" of the city.[5][6][7]

Xinfadi Market opened on May 16, 1988.[8] It has been renovated at least once in its lifetime.[9] In 2017, it covered an area of 112 hectares.[9] It is the largest wholesale food market in Beijing,[10] with three floors above ground and two underground in 2018.[9] It was the largest wholesale food market in Asia,[11] with as of 2020 more than 10,000 workers[1] including 1,500 managers and over 4,000 tenants.[12] According to the official site in 2020, more than 20,000 tons of fruit, 18,000 tons of vegetables, and 1,500 tons of seafood are sold at the market each day.[13] There is a "beef and lamb trading hall", and poultry meat is also sold on the premises.[citation needed] "The Xinfadi Market is more of a one-stop-shop where wholesalers in the city would purchase vegetables, meat and seafood hall after hall."[citation needed]

The market was responsible in 2016 for 70% of Beijing's fresh vegetables,[9] more than 80% of Beijing's fresh food and drinks, and all of the city's imported fruit.[14] Every year, 14 million tons of products are sold at the market for an estimated 50 billion RMB.[14][9]

  1. ^ a b c Wang, Vivian; Yu, Elaine (13 June 2020). "Beijing Shuts Down Seafood Market After Dozens Test Positive for Coronavirus". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. ^ Waldron, Scott A. (2007). China's Livestock Revolution: Agribusiness and Policy Developments in the Sheep Meat Industry. CABI. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-84593-246-6.
  3. ^ Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z. (1998). The Wholesale Demand for Food in China: An Economic Analysis of the Implications for Australia : a Report for the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-642-54047-8.
  4. ^ "Un nuevo brote en el principal mercado de Pekín dispara las alarmas en China". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. ^ "张玉玺：确保供应 精心打造首都"菜篮子"" (in Chinese). 人民网. 2008-02-15. Archived from the original on 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  6. ^ 王晓然 徐天悦 郭缤璐 (2018-11-23). "批发改便民 南城商业脱胎换骨". 北京商报. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  7. ^ "保供首都"餐桌"，它怎么做到的——北京新发地农产品批发市场调研" (in Chinese). 经济日报. 2020-04-28. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  8. ^ "淘宝式传奇：北京新发地市场的26年". 土地资源网 (in Chinese). 2014-05-04. Retrieved 13 June 2020.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ a b c d e "Beijing renovates largest produce wholesale market". China.org.cn. Xinhua. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  10. ^ "Beijing closes food market after more than 50 test positive for coronavirus". CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  11. ^ Graham-Harrison, Emma; Kuo, Lily (13 June 2020). "Beijing reimposes lockdown measures after new Covid-19 outbreak". The Observer. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Beijing Locks Down Part of City After Virus Outbreak at Market". Bloomberg. 13 June 2020.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reuters wartime emergency was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ a b Ploeg, Jan Douwe van der; Ye, Jingzhong (2016). China's Peasant Agriculture and Rural Society: Changing paradigms of farming. Routledge. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-317-28546-5.