Fabric on display at Guangzhou's Zhongda market on Dec. 25, 2015. Photo: VCG For more than three decades, Guangzhou's Haizhu district has been home to Zhongda market, a thriving hub for fabric trading and garment production that serves customers in China and around the world. Spurred by the end of China's battle against Covid-19, the government of Guangdong's provincial capital has recently accelerated a years-long plan to relocate the market and its approximately 25,000 merchants and business owners that call it home to Qingyuan, a small city nearly 100 kilometers (62 miles) to the north.

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