The market of Section I in Phase III of the International Trade Mart (ITM) has an investment of more than 3 billion yuan and has 16，000 booths with a building area of 1.08 million square meters. Since its opening on October 21，more and more businessmen are coming here and the turnover grows gradually. So far，98% of the booths are in operation，with a customer flow of 39，000 person-times per day and a vehicle flow of 12，000. Generally speaking，according to the person in charge，the transition period from business operation to prosperity stands long，but Phase III market isn’t in this trend. The person concerned said that this market has a high rate in booth operation，customer flow as well as popularity in the past half month，with more than 1，000 foreigners among the number of average daily customer flow.
