The city’s economic shift relies on a dual-track strategy: preserving historical artisanal sectors while aggressively integrating into the green energy and sustainable building markets. In Quyang, a two-millennium-old carving tradition now operates as a high-efficiency cluster covering design through to international logistics. Meanwhile, Baigou has evolved over forty years into a manufacturing powerhouse, distributing luggage to over 200 countries and regions.

This industrial restructuring was the focus of a recent visit by journalists from Eurasian and Arab nations. The delegation toured production lines and corporate exhibition halls to observe how the city sustains its county-level economic vitality. By prioritizing industrial upgrading toward greener, high-end production, Baoding aims to prove that inland cities can maintain a resilient and open economic structure despite lacking coastal advantages.