Entrance to market building.

This two story building, built by the Nantong City government in 1997 to house free markets, has meat, fish and poultry on the first floor and fresh produce on the second floor.  It's located just off Qing Nian Road in the downtown area of Nantong. The market operates from 5:00 am to 7 :00 pm daily.

       Farmers section in the rear of the market hall.

On the second floor, there are 185 vendors stalls. The front 2/3's are occupied by resellers and the rear 1/3 by farmers.  Typical of the government's incentives to farmers, the farmers only pay an RMB 120 (US$ 14) monthly market fee, while the resellers pay RMB 320 (US$ 38) fee.  These fees include the market management, stall rental fee and turnover taxes (for resellers only).