On November 30, 2016, the pilot launch ceremony and the pilot policy interpretation meeting of the mode of market procurement and trade were successfully held in Baigou, Hebei Province. Wang Xiaodong, Vice Governor of Hebei Province, provincial commerce, development and reform, finance, customs, national tax, industry and commerce, inspection and quarantine, eight foreign exchange departments, the Standing Committee of Baoding Committee of Baoding Municipal Committee, Vice Mayor Li Junling, and the relevant departments of Baoding City and the heads of the governments of counties (cities and districts) were in charge. Guidance, Xinji City, Qinghe County, Zaoqiang County, Anping County, the government in charge of leadership, foreign trade enterprises related to the event.

China Light Industry Federation, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Light Industrial Crafts, China Leather Association, China Market Society and China Business Federation have also come to assist Baigou market in the development of purchasing trade.

Wei Shaojun, chairman of Longji Taihe Holding Group, Wang Rongguo, executive vice president of Hedao International Business Group and Zhang Guo, vice president of Hedao International Business Group attended the event.

The opening ceremony was presided over by Li Junling, Standing Committee of Baoding Municipal Committee and Vice Mayor of Hebei Province. Wang Xiaodong, Vice Governor of Hebei Province, announced that “the first trial of Baigou market procurement and trade mode in Hebei Province was officially launched”. Goods exported to Uganda worth US$45,000 were successfully cleared at Baigou Customs Supervision Station. On-site container trucks crowed and congratulated the first successful clearance.