The history of Hongqiao Market

In September 1979, in order to manage the farmers selling agricultural and sideline products along the street, the District Industrial and Commercial Bureau, with the consent of the district government, set aside an area to allow farmers who came to the city to set up stalls to sell goods, and an early pattern began to form. city. At this time, the Hongqiao market took shape, and then gradually formed a certain scale. In the early 1980s, in order to solve the problem of job placement for a large number of educated young people after returning to the city and the problem of disturbing residents in the morning market, the District Industrial and Commercial Bureau moved the road market in Ciqikou to the northeastern altar wall outside the Temple of Heaven Park, along the semi-arc altar wall. Stalls were set up, forming a 5,000-square-meter Hongqiao Farmers Market. In March 1986, in order to provide better operating conditions for individual traders, the market management office invested all management fees in market construction, built closed and semi-closed commercial sheds in the market, and implemented a new model of regional management. . In 1992, in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government to "retreat the road and expose the wall" and display the style of the ancient capital, the District Party Committee and the District Government decided to build a national-style trading building - Hongqiao Market - in Jingye Xili of Fahua Temple. After a series of work including planning, demolition and construction, Hongqiao Market officially opened to the public on January 28, 1995. In the year when the new Hongqiao Market was reopened, taxes and fees amounted to 30 million yuan, and it welcomed visits from British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and representatives of the World Conference on Women. Since 1999, the market has begun to use open bidding for some stalls to attract investment, which has pioneered open, fair and fair competition in the market. Especially in 2004, the five-story restaurant was converted into Pearl. In September 2005, the " The First Beijing International Pearl Culture Festival". At the opening ceremony of the Pearl Festival, the China Gem and Jade Association awarded Hongqiao Market a plaque with the title of “The First Pearl Shop in Beijing”. In 2006, the merchants who originally sold old handicrafts in the north hall on the third floor were adjusted. After the transformation, they mainly sold pearls. After several consecutive years of internal transformation, adjustment and publicity, it has truly created the pearl brand and scale of "the first pearl store in Beijing". In early 2007, according to the instructions of the municipal and district governments, in order to prepare for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it was decided to remove the aquatic products market on the first floor of the Hongqiao Market from the market. After the removal, the Hongqiao Market immediately underwent a comprehensive upgrade. The upgrade and transformation project not only Including only the first floor below ground level, but also hardware renovation projects such as the facade, the first floor, the second floor, and the second floor below ground floor parking lots, as well as information system platform software projects, the Hongqiao market has ushered in a real golden period of development.