In 1994, approved by the then Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the People's Republic of China (predecessor of the Ministry of Commerce), Haitian was granted the right to engage in imports and exports. Fast forward to 2011, the company morphed into Haitian Holdings Group, marking its beginning of functioning as a group company. In the same year, Haitian Group created the brand name “Shimaotong” and set up a one-stop foreign trade service platform for Shimaotong. At present, the annual imports and exports of the whole group total 1.8 billion USD, ranging across more than 100 countries and regions worldwide. So far Haitian Group has set up long-term, stable trade relations with thousands of global clients, connecting them with tens of thousands of Chinese factories.

Haitian Group mainly engages in the self-operation and agent of imports and exports of various commodities such as motors, machinery, hardware, textiles and garments, consumer goods, plastic and chemical products, metal and mineral products, undertakes entrepot trade, processing trade, etc., and provides domestic and foreign market entities with a complete set of foreign trade service solutions such as customs clearance, foreign exchange, financing, credit insurance, tax rebates, exhibitions and so on.

Haitian Group adheres to the business policy of “upscaling, restructuring, paradigm innovation, and standardized management”. It is committed to market expansion, lean management, steady operations and ever-improving mode of management. In so doing, it has managed to foster considerable brand recognition and market influence.